FC6 to F7 yum update

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 00:54 +0000, Graeme Hilton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm attempting an upgrade to F7 from FC6.
> 
> I have updated the yum repo files to refer to the new repositories, but
> issuing the following command produces the output shown:
> 
> # yum update yum
> Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
> Loading "kmdl" plugin
> Loading "downloadonly" plugin
> Setting up repositories
> ...   <snip lots out output>
> --> Running transaction check
> Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 is needed by package 
> authconfig
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package gnome-menus needs python-abi = 2.4, this is not available.
> Error: Package subversion needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
> Error: Package gnome-menus needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
> Error: Package authconfig needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
> Error: Package rpm-libs needs rpm = 4.4.2.1-2.fc6, this is not available.
> 
> As I understand it, F7 has python 2.5.  Is there any particular reason
> why these listed packages aren't being upgraded along with python?
> 
> Other things I've done:  I've disabled the updates repository and that 
> makes things worse (more unavailable packages).
> 
> What are my options for solving this?
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I don't know...you probably should be familiar with this page. Perhaps
the problem is the repositories you have presently configured

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq

Craig