Firefox update busted?

[Kam Leo]

On Nov 11, 2007 11:06 PM, Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor at freemail.hu> wrote:
> Richard England írta:
>
> > Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> it seems there's a new firefox 2.0.0.9 update but yum goes into
> >> infinite loop
> >> checking for dependencies:
> >>
> >> # yum upgrade firefox
> >> ...
> >> --> Running transaction check
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Running transaction check
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Running transaction check
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> gnome-python2-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package:
> >> ruby-gtkmozembed
> >> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> >> --> Running transaction check
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Zoltán Böszörményi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Yum update on F7  processed the update to firefox.i386
> > 0:2.0.0.9-1.fc7  without any problems.  Well,  I used yumex, really,
> > but the results were:
> >
> > $ rpm -qa | grep firefox
> > firefox-2.0.0.9-1.fc7
> > firefox-devel-2.0.0.9-1.fc7
> >
> > Not a solution for you, I realize, but this information may help you
> > narrow down where to look, perhaps.
>
> This is on a Fedora 8/x86_64 system... :-(

There is no firefox rpm in the updates directory of any of the F8
mirrors that I examined. Also nothing in updates/testing/8/i386 or
updates/testing/8/x86_64/. Is your system a clean install? What
repositories do you have enabled?