fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 8, Issue 27

[Gordon McCague]

I see that there is a coreutils update in the list as well. I will try
to apply that before I apply the patch for initscripts.


On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 23:39:56 -0400, seth vidal <skvidal at phy.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 20:38 -0700, Gordon McCague wrote:
> > I'm experiencing the following issue when using yum for  updates:
> >
> > Resolving Dependencies
> > Processing Dependency: /bin/runuser for package: initscripts
> > Finished Dependency Resolution
> > Error: missing dep: /bin/runuser for pkg initscripts
> >
> >
> > I created a symbolic link from /usr/bin/runuser (where it resides) to
> > /bin/runuser but the update still tells me that the utility is not
> > available. I believe runuser is part of the coreutils so I don't see
> > how I can re-install it. Any information is greatly appreciated.
> >
> 
> A symlink will not make this information available in the rpmdb and will
> therefore not make it available to yum.
> 
> -sv
> 
> 


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