fixing yum

[Claude Jones]

On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 19:24 +0100, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> Truls Gulbrandsen wrote:
> 
> >> If I do yum -y update, after some time, it runs a list of packages
> >> to be updated, followed by a series of messages:
> >>  ---> Processing Dependency: [name of package]
> >> Followed by:
> >> Error: Missing Dependency: [name of package}
> >>
> >> There are about fifteen of those. Then I just revert to the
> >> prompt.
> >
> > Please see my posting under this heading: "How an amateur figured it 
> > out".
> >
> > It may help.
> 
> 
> i could not read
> 
> # yum --exclude=package_name* --exclude=pack*  update
> # yum --exclude=package_name update gnome-*
> # yum groupudate "Group Name"
> # yum grouplist
> # yum update glib*
> 
> or similiar.
> 
> -- 
> shrek-m
> 

shrek-m: I just am not knowledgeable enough to understand your
shorthand, here. Could you explain a little bit more what you're trying
to say. 
By the way, I did try yum update glib* and it did it successfully. 
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA