F8 dependency hell with avahi

[Jim]

Beartooth wrote:
> 	I'm running F8 on a T30 thinkpad. Whenever I try to do yum 
> update, I get :
>
> =====		=====		=====		=====
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running rpm_check_debug
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
>
>
> Transaction Check Error:
>   file /etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action from install of avahi-
> autoipd-0.6.21-8.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386
>   file /usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd from install of avahi-
> autoipd-0.6.21-8.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386
>
> Error Summary
> -------------
> 	=====		=====		=====		=====
>
> 	I've tried everything I can think of to update or get rid of that 
> avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386 with the "fc7" in it, and nothing I know works. 
> Pirut did claim to have removed it; but yum update still failed the same.
>
> 	What do I do, while I still can? Yum wants to change 124 
> packages, including replacing a kernel.
>
>   

Do a  rpm -q avahi-autoipd.action  , see if it's installed

Also do a rpm -qa | grep avahi   ,   and check for duplicate packages of 
same name.

I had this same problem with avahi last week.