[K12OSN] yum update fails

Eric Harrison eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us
Tue Feb 20 19:06:14 UTC 2007


Eric Harrison wrote:
> Petre Scheie wrote:
>> Thanks for that.  I notice my K12LTSP 5 (FC5) server is now having the
>> same problem. Using the exclude command works, but why is this problem
>> arising now?  Was the K12LTSP repo previously in sync with the Extras
>> repo, but is no longer?
>>
>> Petre
> 
> 
> I noticed this one on some of my boxes as well.  Icewm was just added to
> extras, it was not included previously.
> 
> I'll update the K12LTSP packages so that they don't conflict...
> 
> -Eric


New IceWM packages for K12LTSP 5.0 32/64bit and K12LTSP 6.0 32bit have
been uploaded  (hopefully 6.0 64bit later in the day).

The repositories are rebuilding right now, should be done within a half
hour...

-Eric

>> wilson at wilsonch.gotdns.com wrote:
>>> Just disable the icewm package in yum for the Extra's repo. Goto your
>>> /etc/yum.repos.d/ and edit the Extra's repo file and add the exclude
>>> command. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> exclude=icewm
>>>
>>>
>>> Wilson
>>>
>>>
>>>> More info: It appears to be a conflict between the k12lstp repo and the
>>>> extras repo.  K12ltsp uses icewm-* version 1.2.28, which is what is
>>>> installed; and the extras repo has icewm-* version 1.2.30.  I disabled
>>>> the extras repo (yes, there's a way to do it on the commandline passed
>>>> to yum, but I can never remember the syntax) and then 'yum update' ran
>>>> fine.  But I'd rather not have to turn off the extras repo whenever I do
>>>> an update.  Is this normal?
>>>>
>>>> Petre
>>>>
>>>> Petre Scheie wrote:
>>>>> Just installed k12lstp 6, and am trying to run yum update.  It fails
>>>>> with this error:
>>>>>
>>>>> --> Processing Dependency: icewm = 1.2.28 for package: icewm-l10n
>>>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>>> Error: Missing Dependency: icewm = 1.2.28 is needed by package
>>>>> icewm-l10n
>>>>>
>>>>> But icewm is installed (by default):
>>>>>
>>>>> # rpm -qa |grep ice
>>>>> icewm-menu-gnome2-1.2.28-1.k12ltsp.6.0.0
>>>>> icewm-1.2.28-1.k12ltsp.6.0.0
>>>>> icewm-themes-1.2.28-1.k12ltsp.6.0.0
>>>>> icewm-l10n-1.2.28-1.k12ltsp.6.0.0
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted the /var/lib/rpm/__db* files and ran 'rpm --rebuilddb',
>>>>> but it
>>>>> made no difference.  Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Petre
>>>>>
> 




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