Problem in today's update

[suvayu ali]

2009/7/1 Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>:
> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 23:10 -0700, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>> A simple repoquery shows me this,
>>
>> > $repoquery -f /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstselector.so
>> > gstreamer-plugins-bad-0:0.10.12-1.fc11.1.x86_64
>> > gstreamer-plugins-base-0:0.10.23-3.fc11.x86_64
>> > gstreamer-plugins-bad-0:0.10.11-4.fc11.x86_64
>> > gstreamer-plugins-bad-0:0.10.12-2.fc11.x86_64
>>
>> What is a "bad" library doing in base?
>
> Are you sure you're reading things right?  A "bad" library is available
> from a repo, but the quoted output doesn't say it's from a base repo.
>
> The "bad" library comes from RPM fusion, with "bad" referring to codecs
> considered not good for one reason or another (not too good in function,
> undesirable for supporting proprietary codecs, etc.).
>
> Your version conflict comment would be because the different plugin
> packages are compiled/mirrored independently, and one of them is a
> different version from the other.  Chances are that in a day, or so,
> packages that work together will all be available.
>

Yea this morning everything went just fine. However I am still
puzzled, the output from last night is still unchanged. And to
cross-check the software sources I did a 'yum list' as Patrick
suggested.

$ rpm -qf /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstselector.so
   gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.23-3.fc11.x86_64

$ repoquery -f /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstselector.so
   gstreamer-plugins-bad-0:0.10.12-2.fc11.x86_64
   gstreamer-plugins-base-0:0.10.23-3.fc11.x86_64
   gstreamer-plugins-bad-0:0.10.11-4.fc11.x86_64

$ yum list gstreamer-plugins-base
   Loaded plugins: downloadonly, keys, presto, refresh-packagekit, verify
   Installed Packages
   gstreamer-plugins-base.x86_64              0.10.23-3.fc11
    @updates

$ yum list gstreamer-plugins-bad
   Loaded plugins: downloadonly, keys, presto, refresh-packagekit, verify
   Installed Packages
   gstreamer-plugins-bad.x86_64       0.10.13-3.fc11
@rpmfusion-free-updates

So how come the same library is provided by two packages? Really all
this thinking made me appreciate the maintainers of packages even
more. Its not an easy job, thats for sure.

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.