Hi Dave T Applied yum -d 15 update. I get a long list on my screen in the chosen terminal. How to convert this text on that screen in a text file? KS On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 12:36 +1000, David Timms wrote: > CS wrote: > > Trying to follow the update announcement in Fedora c6 for 4 packages > > (xml-commons, jdom, velocity and xerces-j2) updates the update fails. > > Dependencies state xml-commons= 0:1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 to be missing. It > > is not missing but the name is slightly different. > Sometimes the mirror accessed by yum/pup might not yet have an rpm to > download, even though the repo metadata has been updated. > > > I removed the package and re-installed. The problem is that on > > resolving dependencies it gives an error, and in "details" it says: > > missing dependency: xml-commons = 0:1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 is needed by > > package xml-commons-apis. > > > > The file actually installed by package xml-commons-apis is > > xml-commons-1.3.02-0.b2.7pp.10.i386.rpm. This file came with Eudora c6 > > install CD's. > This is -apis dependency. Installing dependencies is normal. > > > You see the slight difference at the beginning of the file, ie = 0: > > instead of - > The 0: is called an epoch. It can be used by rpm packagers to allow a > newer package to install an older version, even when the version-release > of the package would actually be older than the currently installed one. > > > I guess this is the cause of the failed dependency. > To see what versions you have installed: > rpm -qa xml-\* > > To see whats avail: > yum list xml-* > > > I sought for the file ml-commons = 0:1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 in the > > repositories but could not find it. > Is that version really available: > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/ > > > The problem is that these failing updates remain appearing between the > > other updates and have to be skipped each time. > I'm not sure about the current state of FC6, but I previously used the > yum-skip-broken plugin, and yum --skip-broken update > This allows updates that don't have unresolved dependencies to complete, > and leaves the others for later. This assumes that if it is a fedora > reposotory problem, that it actually gets fixed. > > > How to solve? Should the update be debugged? > Yes: yum -d 15 update will help others work out what the problem is. > > DaveT. >
