[rhelv6-list] RHEL 6.3 update problems

[Iain Morrison]

Dear list,
  I have some Dell servers which are failing to update to RHEL 6.3 with
the following message:

Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, downloadonly, kabi, presto,
product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security,
              : subscription-manager, tmprepo, verify, versionlock
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Loading support for Red Hat kernel ABI
rhel-x86_64-server-6
| 1.8 kB     00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-hts-6
| 1.6 kB     00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6
| 1.8 kB     00:00
rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-6
| 1.6 kB     00:00
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
...
---> Package openmpi.x86_64 0:1.5.3-3.el6 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libotf.so.0()(64bit) for package:
1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
Package openmpi-psm is obsoleted by openmpi, but obsoleting package does
not provide for requirements
---> Package openmpi.x86_64 0:1.5.4-1.el6 will be an update
...
---> Package openmpi.x86_64 0:1.5.3-3.el6 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libotf.so.0()(64bit) for package:
1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
Package openmpi-psm is obsoleted by openmpi, but obsoleting package does
not provide for requirements
---> Package perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2.x86_64 0:2.020-127.el6 will be
installed
---> Package perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.x86_64 0:2.020-127.el6 will be
installed
---> Package python-krbV.x86_64 0:1.0.90-3.el6 will be installed
---> Package system-config-keyboard-base.x86_64 0:1.3.1-4.el6 will be
installed
---> Package systemtap-client.x86_64 0:1.7-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package systemtap-devel.x86_64 0:1.7-5.el6 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libwacom-data.noarch 0:0.5-3.el6 will be installed
---> Package openmpi.x86_64 0:1.5.3-3.el6 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libotf.so.0()(64bit) for package:
1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
Package openmpi-psm is obsoleted by openmpi, but obsoleting package does
not provide for requirements
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-220.7.1.el6 will be erased
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-220.7.1.el6 will be erased
---> Package openmpi.x86_64 0:1.5.3-3.el6 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libotf.so.0()(64bit) for package:
1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
Package openmpi-psm is obsoleted by openmpi, but obsoleting package does
not provide for requirements
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: 1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
           Requires: libotf.so.0()(64bit)
           Removing: openmpi-1.5.3-3.el6.x86_64 (@Red Hat Enterprise
Linux/6.2)
               libotf.so.0()(64bit)
           Updated By: openmpi-1.5.4-1.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
               Not found
           Available: libotf-0.9.9-3.1.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
               libotf.so.0()(64bit)
           Available: openmpi-psm-1.5.3-3.el6.x86_64
(rhel-x86_64-server-6)
               libotf.so.0()(64bit)
           Available: openmpi-psm-1.4.1-4.3.el6.x86_64
(rhel-x86_64-server-6)
               Not found
           Available: openmpi-psm-1.4.3-1.1.el6.x86_64
(rhel-x86_64-server-6)
               Not found
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

I couldn't find any reference to openmpi in the release notes, and there
is no openmpi-psm package


rpm -qi openmpi-psm
package openmpi-psm is not installed

rpm -qi openmpi
Name        : openmpi                      Relocations: (not
relocatable)
Version     : 1.5.3                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 3.el6                         Build Date: Tue 18 Oct 2011
07:45:18 PM BST
Install Date: Mon 02 Apr 2012 11:11:57 AM BST      Build Host:
x86-001.build.bos.redhat.com
Group       : Development/Libraries         Source RPM:
openmpi-1.5.3-3.el6.src.rpm
Size        : 7413687                          License: BSD, MIT and
Romio
Signature   : RSA/8, Tue 08 Nov 2011 04:01:22 PM GMT, Key ID
199e2f91fd431d51
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.open-mpi.org/
Summary     : Open Message Passing Interface
Description :
Open MPI is an open source, freely available implementation of both the
MPI-1 and MPI-2 standards, combining technologies and resources from
several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI) in
order to build the best MPI library available.  A completely new MPI-2
compliant implementation, Open MPI offers advantages for system and
software vendors, application developers, and computer science
researchers. For more information, see http://www.open-mpi.org/ .

rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 

produces no output.

I'm not sure what to do, as --skip-broken sounds a bit risky. [We have
an academic license agreement so I can't raise a call.] Any advice
appreciated. 

thanks

iain

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Iain Morrison
IT Manager
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Institute of Metabolic Science
Box 285
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