yum problem glibc x86_64

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Wed Apr 21 18:42:15 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 14:31, Neal D. Becker wrote:
> I think I'm making some progress.  My guess about the problem is correct. 
> There are also issues with some other packages, including openldap, which
> also has multiple versions.
> 
> I believe this is a serious problem for yum to deal with.  I suspect what it
> needs to do is to treat these multiple versions as completely independent
> packages, with independent dependencies.
> 
> So basically, an x86_64 machine wants x86_64 packages, but if there is an
> i386 package, it should be treated as an independent upgrade when upgrade
> is requested, and the logic for choosing i386/i686 should apply to that. 
> Does that make sense?

it does do this.

I need some more information to help you debug.

You should also make sure your repository that you're pulling from is
consistent, if it is not then all bets are off.

-sv






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