Fedora 9 will not update

Bob Barrett bobbrrtt at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 10 18:40:52 UTC 2008


[]# yum update | grep 'Missing Dep' | less

(lots of snipping)

Error: Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
Error: Missing Dependency: kdevelop = 9:3.5.2-1.fc9 is needed by...
Error: Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
Error: Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: kdevelop = 9:3.5.2-1.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: kdevelop = 9:3.5.2-1.fc9 is needed by...
--> Missing Dependency: perl = 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 is needed by...

[]# yum list installed perl
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
perl.i386 4:5.10.0-22.fc9 installed


[]# yum list installed kdevelop
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
kdevelop.i386 9:3.5.2-1.fc9 installed

[]# perl --version
This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i386-linux-thread-multi

[]# kdevelop --version
Qt: 3.3.8b
KDE: 3.5.9-15.fc9 Fedora
KDevelop: 3.5.2

[]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything


[]# yum update

Same results.


[]# yum --enablerepo=’*’ clean all
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Cleaning up Everything


[]# yum update

Same results.



So... I could remove perl and kdevelop and reinstall, but my experience
with yum removing packages is not good. It usually wants to remove too
much. Also, if I remove perl and reinstall, will it break existing perl
scripts?

How do I fix yum so that it will recognize a package that it says is 
installed,
but doesn't remember that when it is needed for an update?

Sometimes yum seems demented.


Bob




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