[rhelv6-list] RHEL 6.3 update problems

Fri Jun 22 14:35:25 UTC 2012

On 06/22/2012 05:23 AM, Iain Morrison wrote:
> 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
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openmpi-psm is definitely part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 
(v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64) channel. Have you tried "yum clean metadata" or 
even "yum clean all" and then trying again?
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