jim duda... hi.... after having successfully upgraded a number of systems from FC4 to FC5 via yum, i can tell you it's possible. and yes, you're going to run into dependeny hell. however, before you get to upset, go through your yum.repos.d files and see if you have rpms from atpms in your repos. if you do, comment them out. then do a yum upgrade and see what yum complains about. for the items that yum complains about, try to then do a yum install foo, (where foo is the item being complained about...) eventually, you'll get to a point where you don't have any more atrpms rpms/dependencies... you can then do "yum upgrade" and everything will work... been there.. done that...!!! your mileage might vary... let me know how it goes. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Cornette Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:28 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: FC4 to FC5 upgrade via yum Jim Duda wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade from FC4 to FC5 via yum. I followed the > instructions found at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > I'm not able to get through the initial yum update. I've removed all > the packages I can which had dependencies, and I'm down to the following > list: > > Error: Missing Dependency: libneon.so.24 is needed by package librpm4.4 > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.6.18 is needed by package > audit-libs-python > Error: Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.12 is needed by package heartbeat > Error: Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.12(GNUTLS_1_2) is needed by > package heartbeat > Error: hal conflicts with kernel < 2.6.17 > Error: Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.12(GNUTLS_1_2) is needed by > package stonith > Error: Missing Dependency: libdbus-1.so.2 is needed by package > notify-daemon > Error: Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.12 is needed by package stonith > > I don't have audit-libs-python, heartbeat, hal, or stonith. Any attempt > to even use rpm -e <any of the four> results in "package not installed." > > I'm afraid to remove librpm4.4 as that will remove yum itself. > > I have a custom kernel 2.6.17.13, so I don't want to install another > kernel unless I have too. > > This installation is loaded on a LTSP diskless boot environment, so, a > fresh install is rather cumbersome, hence the yum upgrade attempt. > > Can anyone recommend a solution at to how to resolve this list of issues > so I can do the yum update? > > Thanks, > > Jim > You might try to upgrade groups of packages that relate to the problem, like gnutls to see if it pulls in the additional packages. You might have to remove the conflicting packages and then build them again from source after upgrade or change the repository from FC4 to FC5 versions before attempting an upgrade. You might try also to retrieve the packages in smaller groups and check what more packages are available to install after the upgrades progress to a manageable amount remaining. It should be possible to determine what needs to be removed, upgraded from another repo and the like. Just do the upgrade from a VT instead of a graphical terminal since some of the upgrades will eventually respawn the GUI server. When that happens your rpm database will be a mess. That's all I can think of. Jim -- You will be advanced socially, without any special effort on your part. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
