Dependency problem (faad2) with ffmpeg-libs

[Michael Schwendt]

On 30/05/07, Jeroen Lankheet wrote:
> >>
> >> I can't update my FC6 machine anymore because yum complains about:
> >>
> >> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> >> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.37.20070503.lvn6 set to be updated
> >> --> Running transaction check
> >> --> Processing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> >> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> >> Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs
> >>
> >> after doing a yum update.
> >> First of all, yum also rejects updates that are not depending on this
> >> error, I think that's a nasty feature 'we' should get rid of.
> >> So how can this be fixed?
> >>
> >> I have installed the faad2-2.5-7.fc6.at rpm
> >>
> >
> > Usually mixing between the repos is considered not a good thing. I fixed
> > the flv file playback stuttering using only the ffmpeg files from
> > Freshrpms, then I locked them down. Hard! Ric
> >
> >
> Unfortunately, yumex did not grasp any of this.
>
> Okay, I now changed the atrpms faad2 into the livna faad2. I removed the
> first mentioned with a rpm -e --nodeps faad2 and yum install faad2. The
> following lines come up:
>
> /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple same
> specifications for /usr/lib/vlc/codec/libdmo_plugin.so.
> /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple same
> specifications for /usr/lib/vlc/codec/librealaudio_plugin.so.
>
> And yes, the line "Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by
> package ffmpeg-libs" is still there (while I'm singing the
> Fedora-Multimedia blues...)

rpm.livna.org/fedora/6 contains a faad2 package that is < 2.5, so it
seems you still have a repository enabled that upgrades faad2 to >=
2.5.

> So what's this multiple same specifications all about,

SELinux file contexts.

> and does it have
> anything to do with the problem at hand?

No.