Updates SOLVED!

[Karl Larsen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 14/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>     
>>> On 14/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>     I tried using the livna repo without freshrpms being present and
>>>> still get a problem from livna! And it is still the problem of livna
>>>> wanting to update files not on my computer. Wierd!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> No, no, no. Read the other thread more carefully. You get many things
>>> wrong and make up your own false theories. It's tiresome. freshrpms
>>> and livna do conflict. I've told you in the other thread how they
>>> conflict. And during a yum update, any new packages which are pulled
>>> in are called "updates", too. That's has nothing to do with livna.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> http://ayo.ie.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/8/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/vlc-0.8.6d-1.fc8.i386.rpm:
>>>> [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
>>>>
>>>>   It says it doesn't have the right vlc number or whatever.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> No, it means the download ended with a checksum that doesn't match the
>>> metadata. You may need to clean your yum cache.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     I have cleaned my dam yum 3 times today! I have not done so just
>> before trying freshrpms however so will try that next. The vlc at
>> freshrpms is much older than the one at livna. One more try today.
>>     
>
> The vlc at freshrpms may be older, but some of its dependencies at
> freshrpms are seen as _newer_ by RPM due to how RPM version comparison
> works. E.g. the "0.0.0 greater than 0" case mentioned before. That's
> why you run into dependency problems. It is not enough to just disable
> a repo in your yum config files, you also need to erase packages
> installed from that repo.
>
> And explicit execution of "yum --enablerepo=..." for cherry-picking
> packages is only for people who know what they are doing.
>
>   
That leaves me out it seems :-)

Karl


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