On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:26:36 -0400 (EDT), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > as a test, i disabled every yum repo except for fedora's "base" and > "updates-released" since i know i can trust them. trying to "yum > update" showed me that there were no updates for my current system. > good. > > now i enabled the single repository "kde-redhat-stable". > > # yum list updates > ... several dozen updateable packages, mostly KDE-related ... > > # yum update > ... snip ... A few observations in the following lines: > Error: Missing Dependency: libmad.so.0 is needed by package arts This cannot be Core's arts package, since libmad is an mp3 decoder library. > Error: Missing Dependency: libsamplerate.so.0 is needed by package > kdemultimedia This cannot be Core's kdemultimedia package, since libsamplerate is only in Extras (or a 3rd party repo). > Error: Missing Dependency: liblcms.so.1 is needed by package > kdegraphics This cannot be Core's kdegraphics package, since LittleCMS is only in Extras (or a 3rd party repo). > Error: Missing Dependency: libgnokii.so.2 is needed by package kdepim This cannot be Core's kdepim package, since gnokii is not even in Extras. I know rpm.livna.org provides it, for instance, but they don't upgrade/replace kdepim. > Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/pinentry-qt is needed by package > kdepim This cannot be Core's kdepim package, since pinentry is only in Extras (or a 3rd party repo). > Error: Missing Dependency: libtag.so.1 is needed by package k3b This cannot be Core's k3b package, since taglib is only in Extras (or a 3rd party repo). > Error: Missing Dependency: libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.0) is needed by > package kdepim In addition to above comment on kdepim, this cannot be Core's kdepim package because GPGME is only in Extras (or a 3rd party repo). > Error: Missing Dependency: liblcms.so.1 is needed by package > ImageMagick > Error: Missing Dependency: libjasper-1.701.so.1 is needed by package > ImageMagick This cannot be Core's ImageMagick package, because neither LitteCMS nor jasper are in Core. > Error: Missing Dependency: libxine.so.1 is needed by package > kdemultimedia XINE is not in Core or Extras either, so this is not Core's kdemultimedia, but a modified one. > Error: Missing Dependency: libmad.so.0 is needed by package > libtunepimp Libtunepimp is neither in Core nor Extras, in particular since it wants to link against an mp3 decoder. > now, in my humble (and perhaps thoroughly deluded) opinion, that > repository is broken. Maybe. Maybe you need to add another sub-repository for common components. > yes, i'm aware that it's not an "official" FC > repository. that's not the point. from my perspective, if i try to > add a single external repository to my current set and it causes > errors like the above, it's broken. Find out who's the culprit. Then report the problem in the right place. It's not a problem due to Core or Extras.
