Up2date errors

[Gerry Tool]

Jim Martin wrote:

> I don't understand, how can some of us being having this problem, and 
> not all? I did 3 installs, all with everything. but yet, none of my 
> machines can get these updates with out erroring out.
> I don't think upgrading gcc is going to fix the problem ( as shown 
> below) can anyone tell me why we are having this problem? and if 
> possible, a way to solve it?
>
> thank you,
>
> BaVinic
>
>>>
>> That doesn't solve the dependency problem:
>> [root at gstpc gerry]# up2date gcc4 gcc4-c++
>> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-rawhide
>> using mirror: 
>> http://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/
>>
>> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-rawhide...
>>
>> Fetching rpm headers...
>> ########################################
>>
>> Name                                    Version        Rel
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> gcc4                                    4.0.0          
>> 0.2               i386
>> gcc4-c++                                4.0.0          
>> 0.2               i386
>>
>>
>> Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
>> There was a package dependency problem. The message was:
>>
>> Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
>> gcc35-gfortran-3.5.0-0.9                 requires gcc35 = 3.5.0-0.9
>> java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-1jpp       requires libgcj = 3.4.1
>>
>> Any other suggestions?  There are a lot of packages caught in 
>> dependency issues in rawhide.
>
If you aren't already doing it, select a few at a time to update.  Many 
of the packages will install.  Keep a list of the problems and deal with 
those specifically.  Eventually, rawhide should contain compatible 
packages for those problems.

Gerry