YUM update conflicts: 'glibc' and 'glibc-common' (F11, x86_64)

[Ryan Lynch]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 15:44, Kevin J. Cummings <
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:

> On 08/22/2009 03:39 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > On 08/22/2009 12:24:08 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> >> On 08/22/2009 03:17 PM, Ryan Lynch wrote:
> >>> Running 'yum update' from the command line, I am getting some file
> >>> conflicts between different arch/versions of the 'glibc' and
> >>> 'glibc-common' packages.  This machine runs F11-x86_64.
> >>>
> >>> Here's the actual error output:
> >>>
> >>> <code>
> >>> Transaction Check Error:
> >>>   file /usr/share/doc/glibc-2.10.1/NEWS from install of
> >>> glibc-2.10.1-4.i686 conflicts with file from package
> >> glibc-2.10.1-2.x86_64
> >>>   file /usr/bin/ldd from install of glibc-common-2.10.1-4.i586
> >> conflicts
> >>> with file from package glibc-common-2.10.1-2.x86_64
> >>>   file /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.tmpl from install of
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-4.i586 conflicts with file from package
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-2.x86_64
> >>>   file /usr/share/doc/glibc-common-2.10.1/ChangeLog.bz2 from
> >> install
> >> of
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-4.i586 conflicts with file from package
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-2.x86_64
> >>>   file /usr/share/i18n/locales/de_AT from install of
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-4.i586 conflicts with file from package
> >>> glibc-common-2.10.1-2.x86_64
> >>> </code>
> >>>
> >>> Is this a known issue, or did I screw something up?
> >>
> >> Something is screwed up.  Possibly on your system.  glibc-common.i586
> >> is
> >> conflicting with glibc-common.i686.  I think you need one and not the
> >> other.  Since you system is a base x86_64, I would suggest trying the
> >> following:
> >>
> >> # yum shell
> >>> remove glibc-common.i586
> >>> install glibc-common.i686
> >>> run
> >>
> >> and see if that helps....
> >
> > Hmmmm ... perhaps install glibc-common.x86_64? i686 is still 32 bit.
>
> Not if its a multi-lib problem.  I assumed that the x86_64 part would
> straighten itself out....  But yes, he needs to ensure that all of his
> secondary libs are either all i586 or all i686 (where he has a choice
> between the two) and that they co-exist well with their x86_64
> counterparts (which should be the primary concern anyways).



Here's the output of `yum list installed glibc-common glibc`, for reference:

<code>
Installed Packages
glibc.i686                      2.10.1-2                      installed
glibc.x86_64                  2.10.1-2                      installed
glibc-common.x86_64    2.10.1-2                      installed
</code>

I tried `yum remove glibc.i686`, but it wants to remove 116 packages, for
dependencies.  Mostly, it looks like stuff I installed while getting Skype
for Linux to run, so I'm pretty sure its going to break some things if I
remove it all.

Isn't this a packaging bug?  There's no conflict between my
currently-installed 'glibc.i686' and 'glib.x86_64' (2.10.1-2), although
there is a conflict between the two archs' 'glibc-common' packages.

-Ryan
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