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

[Andrew Farris]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
>> Transaction Check Error:
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/assetTag from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/dellLcdBrightness from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/dellWirelessCtl from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/getSystemId from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/propertyTag from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/serviceTag from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/verifySmiPassword from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>   file /usr/sbin/wakeupCtl from install of
>> smbios-utils-2.0.1-1.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from
>> package libsmbios-bin-0.13.13-1.fc9.i386
>>
>>
>>
>> Error Summary
>>
>> How should I proceed to apply the updates?
>> Did anybody else also encounter the above problems?
> 
> I'm seeing the same.  It appears that smbios-utils has replaced 
> libsmbios-bin without any obsoletes.  The former is in the devel repo, 
> the latter is not, the former is not installed on my system, the latter is.
> 
> Neither of these packages are listed as new, broken (conflicts never 
> show up), or updated in the latest rawhide report.
> 
> The yum info output shows these are equivalent packages.. I hope.  I've 
> removed libsmbios-bin and installed smbios-utils.

BTW: I had to:
rpm -e --nodeps libsmbios-bin
yum install smbios-utils

The yum install command brings in 'libsmbios' as dependency.  There is 
definitely a bad set of deps/obsoletes on these.

smbios-utils and libsmbios together replace libsmbios-bin, but they seem to 
include more files that were not in the libsmbios-bin.

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