Updates
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Mon Jan 14 00:07:18 UTC 2008
On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 17:01 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:30 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> >
> >> Craig White wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:11 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 13/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> It is a MAJOR problem. I can't load VLC and I might as well go to
> >>>>>> Windows if that is not working. Look back today and you will see the
> >>>>>> problem. Yum is updating files NOT on my F8!!!!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can't yum vlc at all.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Show the result of some queries, please:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> $ yum whatprovides libx264.so.56
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum whatprovides libx264.so.56
> >>>> x264.i386 : Library for encoding and decoding H264/AVC video streams
> >>>> [root at localhost ~]#
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> $ rpm -qa 'x264*'
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -qa 'x264*'
> >>>> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> $ yum list x264
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum list x264
> >>>> Installed Packages
> >>>> x264.i386 0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
> >>>> installed
> >>>> Available Packages
> >>>> x264.i386 0-0.10.20070819.lvn8 livna
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for you help. It looks like it might be what is causing the
> >>>> problem do you think?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> ----
> >>> what happens if you try...
> >>>
> >>> yum update x264
> >>>
> >>> ?
> >>>
> >>> Craig
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Hi I get this. Odd.
> >>
> >> [root at localhost ~]#
> >> [root at localhost ~]#
> >> [root at localhost ~]# yum update x264
> >> livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB
> >> 00:00
> >> Setting up Update Process
> >> Could not find update match for x264
> >> No Packages marked for Update
> >> [root at localhost ~]# yum update x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
> >> Setting up Update Process
> >> Could not find update match for x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
> >> No Packages marked for Update
> >> [root at localhost ~]#
> >>
> >> So this is a real surprise too.
> >>
> > ----
> > Not really... the 20070529.fc7 designation pretty much clinches the fact
> > that you have installed packages that were never intended for Fedora 8
> > but it's hard for me to determine how/where you got that from. Livna's
> > Fedora 7 repository has a much newer version which means that you
> > probably have more mess than that.
> >
> > I suppose to see how badly you have things screwed up, you are going to
> > have to tell it
> >
> > yum remove x264
> >
> > and then get a list of what it's going to remove. Whether you say yes to
> > removing or not is up to you. You might want to put the list of things
> > yum wants to remove before you say yes or no.
> >
> > Your call, your machine, your mess
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> Sorry Craig there are MANY f7 rpms in f8. It is normal and thought
> you would know.
----
If you are referring to the .fc7 designation, yes, I am quite aware of
that.
I forgot that you are inclined to bite the hand feeding you.
Good luck
Craig
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