updateing ARGHH.

[Michael Comperchio]

Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:55 -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>   
>> From: Michael Comperchio <mcmprch at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: updateing ARGHH.
>>
>>  > >
>> Ok so here's what 'yum' thinks...
>>  > > ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.52.20080908.fc10.i386 : Libraries for ffmpeg
>>  > > Repo        : installed
>>  > > Matched from:
>>  > > Other       : Provides-match: libavcodec.so.51
>>  >I'm just not the sharpest tool in the shed I guess 'cuz I'm stumped....
>>
>> I've been ARGGHH'd too. Try a 'rpm --force install ffmpeglibs...rpm' etc.
>>
>> This is effectively a re-install of the rpm *and* updates the meta-data.
>> (And doesn't attempt, like 'yum remove', to remove every package which 
>> depends upon the one being (re)installed,
>>     
> ----
> no wonder you like to run GUI as root...
>
> It may be common practice for you to use --force or --nodeps in your own
> package management but it's a whole 'nuther thing to recommend your bad
> habits to others who might be less skilled or eager to try to repair a
> damaged set of packages.
>
> It was clear that the OP installed rpm's from Axel Thimm's repository
> but does not have it configured so it can't update. The choice is left
> to OP to either remove the packages he got from the other repository and
> replace them with the packages from rpm-fusion or add atrpms and disable
> rpm-fusion repos. Either way, he doesn't need to do something as drastic
> or potentially as damaging as '--force'
>
> Craig
>
>   
Now this makes a little more sense. I errr....overlooked the part about 
protecting the repositories... so I did in fact have both repositories 
active, so must have screwed my own pooch, and, as usual, the pooch bit 
back. I have removed the atrpms from yum repo list, and run that little 
protection script (listed here: 
http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php?title=Main_Page#Repositories). Now 
the question becomes how to know which packages came from which, and how 
to specifically uninstall them?

Thanks guys for all the great input.... even the root gui guy :)

Michael