[Spacewalk-list] Upgrade to 0.8 on CentOS failed

[Michael Mraka]

Bushby, Bruce (London)(c) wrote:
% Hi Thomas
%  
% I used this rpm:
% ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/updates/12/x86_64/python-dmidecode-3.10.7
% -3.fc12.x86_64.rpm
%  
% Have you tried:
% ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/EPEL/testing/5/x86_64/python-dmidecode-3.10.7-3.
% el5.x86_64.rpm
%  
% >From what I remember, the source has a "make rpm" option.
% 
% ________________________________
% 
% Hi @all,
% 
% the upgrade to 0.8 on CentOS x64 failed because of missing dependencies:
% 
% --> Finished Dependency Resolution
% rhn-client-tools-0.8.12-1.el5.x86_64 from spacewalk-client has
% depsolving problems
%   --> Missing Dependency: python-dmidecode is needed by package
% rhn-client-tools-0.8.12-1.el5.x86_64 (spacewalk-client)
% Error: Missing Dependency: python-dmidecode is needed by package
% rhn-client-tools-0.8.12-1.el5.x86_64 (spacewalk-client)
%  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
%  You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
%                         package-cleanup --dupes
%                         rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
% 
% Does somebody know where I can get the python-dmidecode RPM?
% 
% Kind regards, Thomas

Hi,

instructions where to download python-dmidecode from has been added to
HowToInstall and HowToUpgrade wiki pages.

Thanks for the report.

Regards,

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Michael Mráka
Satellite Engineering, Red Hat