On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:26:07 -0400, Law Barstow wrote: > I am having problems trying to update the packages on my FC2 x86_64 > system with either yum or up2date. > > [Up2date section] > > I resolved the header message by following the advice given on this list > and deleting the header and rpm files from /var/spool/up2date. Now when > I run up2date -u, the following output is produced (see bottom of > message for yum info): > > Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies... > /etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or directory > ######################################## > RPM package conflict error. The message was: > Test install failed because of package conflicts: > The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy > dependencies: > Name Version Release > -------------------------------------------------------------- > xorg-x11-libs 6.7.0 5 > xorg-x11-libs 6.7.0 5 > > package xorg-x11-libs-6.7.0-5 is already installed > > [root@Linux64 law]# > > [Yum Section] > > Not wanting to be closed minded, I tried yum. Output is: > [root@Linux64 law]# yum update > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Base > Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Extras > Server: Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Released Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > ....Unable to satisfy dependencies > Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nspr-devel = 37:1.6-8, this is not > available. > Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nspr-devel = 37:1.4.1-18, this is > not available. > Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nss-devel = 37:1.6-8, this is not > available. > Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla-nss-devel = 37:1.4.1-18, this is not > available. > Package mozilla-devel needs mozilla = 37:1.6-8, this is not available. > [root@Linux64 law]# > > BUT..... > > [root@Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla > mozilla-1.6-8 > mozilla-1.4.1-18 You should not have two versions of Mozilla. Erase the old one (rpm -e mozilla-1.4.1-18). I guess there are more mozilla packages installed, see rpm -qa 'mozilla*' instead of querying specific package names. > [root@Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla-nspr-devel > mozilla-nspr-devel-1.6-8 > [root@Linux64 law]# rpm -q mozilla-nss-devel > mozilla-nss-devel-1.6-8 > [root@Linux64 law]# > > So those packages are there.. but yum doesnt seem them. It does, but there are newer versions in Released Updates which cannot be installed due to: > My > /etc/yum.conf file is: > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=redhat-release > tolerant=1 > exactarch=1 > retries=20 > exclude=mozilla-devel Why do you exclude 'mozilla-devel'?
