Updates

[Karl Larsen]

Craig White wrote:
> 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
>
>   
    I wanted you to know that f7 rpm's are normal on f8. I am seeing 
something odd.


[root at localhost ~]# yum install vlc
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies


The yum is not looking for a repo to get this mess. How can this be? I 
have removed all livna repos but it does not even use them.


Karl


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