skip-broken update broken....

[Robert M.Albrecht]

Hi,

there it is again: yum does not like glibc* updates.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251840

cu romal

[root at beowulf ~]# yum update --skip-broken
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
**** Checking packages for dependency problems
**** Checking for dep problems  : python-debuginfo - 2.5.1-6.fc8.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-debuginfo.x86_64 0:2.5.1-6.fc8 set to be updated
****   OK : python-debuginfo.x86_64 0-2.5.1-6.fc8 - u
**** Checking for dep problems  : ghostscript-fonts - 5.50-17.fc8.noarch
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: ghostscript-fonts for package: ghostscript
--> Processing Dependency: ghostscript-fonts for package: libgnomeprint22
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
****   Failed
****     Unresolveable requirement ghostscript-fonts for ghostscript
****     Unresolveable requirement ghostscript-fonts for libgnomeprint22
**** Checking for dep problems  : xorg-x11-xdm - 1:1.1.5-1.fc8.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xorg-x11-xdm.x86_64 1:1.1.5-1.fc8 set to be updated
****   OK : xorg-x11-xdm.x86_64 1-1.1.5-1.fc8 - u
**** Checking for dep problems  : python-debuginfo - 2.5.1-4.fc8.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
****   OK : python-debuginfo.x86_64 0-2.5.1-4.fc8 - None
**** Checking for dep problems  : koan - 0.4.0-2.fc7.noarch
--> Running transaction check
****   OK : koan.noarch 0-0.4.0-2.fc7 - None
**** Checking for dep problems  : glibc - 2.6.90-8.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.6.90-8 for package: glibc
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.6.90-6 for package: glibc
Error: No Package Matching glibc.i686
[root at beowulf ~]# yum upgrade glibc
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.6.90-8 for package: glibc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.6.90-6 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.6.90-6 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.6.90-8 set to be updated

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 glibc                   x86_64     2.6.90-8         development       4.6 M
 glibc                   i686       2.6.90-8         development       5.1 M
Updating for dependencies:
 glibc-common            x86_64     2.6.90-8         development        18 M
 glibc-devel             x86_64     2.6.90-8         development       2.4 M
 glibc-headers           x86_64     2.6.90-8         development       591 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)        
Update       5 Package(s)        
Remove       0 Package(s)        

Total download size: 31 M
Is this ok [y/N]:









Rahul Sundaram schrieb:
> Justin Conover wrote:
>> Seems odd that  " yum --skip-broken update" doesn't finish ;)
>>
>> Package openoffice.org-core needs libicui18n.so.36()(64bit), this is 
>> not available.
>> Package openoffice.org-core needs libicule.so.36()(64bit), this is 
>> not available.
>> Package openoffice.org-core needs libicuuc.so.36()(64bit), this is 
>> not available.
>> Package boost needs libicui18n.so.36()(64bit), this is not available.
>> Package boost needs libicuuc.so.36()(64bit), this is not available.
>> Complete!
>>
>> Then bails.
>>
>> This seems a little *counter-intuitive *to the plug-in.
>>
>> # yum --skip-broken --exclude=libicu* --exclude=librsvg2* update
>
> There has been a similar report in this list before. Check and report 
> in http://bugzilla.redhat.com
>
> Rahul
>