At 7:01 PM -0700 11/16/06, Frank Tanner III wrote: >I am having an odd Python issue when trying to run a yum update. I get >the following message: ... >--> Finished Dependency Resolution >Error: python-devel conflicts with python < 2.4.4-1.fc6 > >When I do a query as to what python packages I have installed I get the >following: ... >python-2.4.3-18.fc6 ... >python-2.4.4-1.fc6 ... >If you notice both Python 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 are loaded The update is for >updating python-devel to 2.4.4, however, it won't let me. I have not >done any oddball upgrades and have let yum do all of my updates. When I >try to un-install the 2.4.3 version, of course, I get all sorts of error >message. > >How can I fix this? Any assistance that you can give me would be >greatly appreciated. Dang. I had this issue during my upgrading FC5 to FC6 the past couple of days, and can't find what I did exactly, as I also had other issues. As part of upgrading, I found that my RPM database was corrupt (it crashed on me) and I rebuilt it, and then did the upgrade. Hmm, the double python may have been before the upgrade. You might try saving the RPM database files (cp /var/lib/rpm .) and rebuilding it (rpm --rebuilddb). Maybe the old Python will go away. "rpm -V python-2.4.3-18.fc6" and see if it seems intact. If it is just a vestige, "rpm -e --justdb python-2.4.3-18.fc6", though if the RPM database is corrupt it may blow up then (make a copy first). If it is all there, try removing it normally with "rpm -e python-2.4.3-18.fc6". You could even try removing all Pythons and then re-installing the newer one, but you'll want to have the new RPM on hand as yum needs Python to work (RPM does not). -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
