yum upgrade F7-f8 dependency check never ending(loop)

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Thu Nov 15 12:05:07 UTC 2007


zhu blue wrote:
> Hi,
> for my F7 system, after I run "yum update"/"yum clean all", then I issue
> the following command:
> 
> #rpm -Uhv
> http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm  http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm
> 
> which succeed.
> 
> but when I issue the followng command again:
> ----------------------- 
> #yum -y update
> -----------------------
> after sometime, the dependency check never end, I looked at the out put
> message closely , found that it enters a loop as following:
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.41.20071011.lvn8 set to be
> updated
> --> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.56 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> --> Processing Dependency: faad2 = 1:2.0 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> ---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.20.0-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-main
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package: fusion-icon
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2-0.1.fc7 for package:
> compiz-gnome
> ---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.16.1-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.41.20071011.lvn8 set to be
> updated
> --> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.56 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> --> Processing Dependency: faad2 = 1:2.0 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> ---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.20.0-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-main
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package: fusion-icon
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2-0.1.fc7 for package:
> compiz-gnome
> ---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.16.1-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.41.20071011.lvn8 set to be
> updated
> --> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.56 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> --> Processing Dependency: faad2 = 1:2.0 for package: ffmpeg-libs
> ---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.20.0-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: yelp
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package:
> compiz-fusion-plugins-main
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2 for package: fusion-icon
> --> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.5.2-0.1.fc7 for package:
> compiz-gnome
> ---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.16.1-2.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 for package: devhelp
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.41.20071011.lvn8 set to be
> updated
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> how to resolve this issue?
Temporarily yum remove ffmpeg  which will probably remove a few other 
things. Why? because it is a non-fedora package.

Alternately, your other repo might have released F8 packages, and you 
could modify your yum config {perhaps a repo-release rpm} to point to 
the external F8 repo.

David Timms.




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