yum problem glibc x86_64

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 22:40 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:

> I *still* haven't convinced yum to update my x86_64.  The complaint is:
> Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package samba needs samba-common = 0:3.0.2a, this is not available.
> Package xorg-x11-libs needs xorg-x11-libs-data = 0.0.6.6-0.0.2004_03_11.9,
> this is not available.
> Package glibc needs glibc-common = 2.3.3-18, this is not available.
> 
> I think maybe I can guess what's the problem.  There is both an i686 and an
> x86_64 version.  I'm guessing yum wants to update the x86_64 version only,
> since this is an x86_64 arch.  If my guess is correct, then this is a
> problem we should resolve.  I wish you could tell yum to update a specific
> rpm version/arch, at least I could workaround the problem that way.  Of
> course, a real solution would be even better.  Or, perhaps my guess is just
> wrong, but it's a pretty good theory.
> 

yum update foo.i386
yum update bar.x86_64

try that. That should work on anything labeled yum 2.0.7 from fedora
rawhide devel.

it was put in specifically for the case of multilib machines being
goofy. :)


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