On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:56:28 -0800 (PST) David Hoffman <dhoffman_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I got a notification today of an update for NetworkManager and an > update for wireless-tools. > > Prior to this update, I was using the following versions: > NetworkManager-0.3.1-3 > wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3 > > When attempting to update with yum, yum complained of the need for > installing wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 to resolve dependencies. > > When I attempted to allow that, it failed because wireless-tools.i386 > 1:27-0.pre25.3 was already installed and was newer. The update FAILED. > > If I try to manually update wireless-tools to the new version, it > complains because libiw.so.27 is required by NetworkManager. The new > version of wireless-tools changes the version of this file to > libiw.so.28. So I figured since NetworkManager was also being upgraded > today, then that dependency might change as well, and the new version > should look for the 28 version. > > That being the case, I attempted to manually update NetworkManager, and > that worked. But then when I again attempted to update wireless-tools, > it complained that NetworkManager required libiw.so.27. > > So the NEW NetworkManager requires a file that is only provided by the > OLD wireless-tools. And that means that both files cannot be upgraded > to the most recent released versions. > > > Anyone want to throw their 2 cents in the ring and see if this is just > something I am doing wrong? Hi David, You're not alone: same problem here. It's a package dependancy problem. Don't now which package is to blame. Cc-ed the wireless-tools update creator (Dan Williams). greetings, Rob van Nieuwkerk yum output showing the problem on my FC3 machine: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- verdi /home/robn 16 # yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up Repo: updates-released repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Setting up Repo: base repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files updates-re: ################################################## 512/512 base : ################################################## 2622/2622 Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: kdenetwork --> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 Performing the following to resolve dependencies: Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /sbin/ifrename conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwconfig conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwevent conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwgetid conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwlist conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwpriv conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /sbin/iwspy conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/include/iwlib.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/include/wireless.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/lib/libiw.so conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man5/iftab.5.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man8/ifrename.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man8/iwevent.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man8/iwgetid.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 file /usr/share/man/man8/iwspy.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3 verdi /home/robn 17 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
