Rick Stevens said: > The classic circular dependency issue. I thought yum handled this better. > > The fix is to install the common bit with the "--nodeps" option to rpm, > THEN install the regular glibc bits: > > rpm -Fvh --nodeps glibc-common*.rpm AAK! Danger! > rpm -Fvh glibc*.rpm > > Works for me. In this case the packages aren't downloaded (they aren't even on the upgrade list) so nothing like this is advisable. Of course "--nodeps" is a giveaway that you are trying to fight the system instead of work with it. -- William Hooper
