cannot update to latest, how should I proceed to apply updates

[Andrew Farris]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> Do either 1) or 2).
> 
> 1) rpm -e --nodeps libsmbios-bin; yum install smbios-utils libsmbios
> 
> 2) cd /var/cache/yum/dev*t/packages
>    rpm -Uvh --force hal* smbios-utils* libsmbios*
> 
> In case 2 you'll end up keeping libsmbios-bin.. don't know if that'll 
> hurt you next update.  If you go case 1 then (assuming libsmbios-bin 
> does not return to the repo) you'll be fine and consistent with the repo 
> today.

btw JKeating got it in bz: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435699

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