KDE Update on x86_64 creates dependency hell...

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 00:44 -0700, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> The KDE update on 64-bit F10 seems to have included dependencies that
> trigger dependency requirements for i386 packages. This then results in
> additional i386 packages that conflict with their x86_64 counterparts.
> This then, in turn, creates a dependency hell where duplicate packages
> cannot be installed.
> 
> What gives here? It will take me hours to figure out which package
> exactly is the culprit and I don't have time right now.
> 
> Is there something we can do about the 32/64-bit package conflicts that
> we 64-bit users seem to always have to struggle with?

Well - I may have spoken too soon - to a degree. The issue seems to be
that, at some point in the past, an update DID install duplicate i386
packages.

Using Yum Extender, I went through and found these and removed them.
Doing this while simultaneously performing the updates to the 64-bit
packages allowed the update to complete successfully.

I still consider this an issue - the i386 duplicates should never have
been installed through dependencies to begin with. But it seems I have
the problem under control on my system for now...

Cheers,

Chris
 
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