Re: Unable to upgrade firefox in F7 (needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.)

[garys@xxxxxxxxx]

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Had this problem for a while but was just ignoring it. yum is
complaining of not being able to find gecko-libs, which does not seem
to be available on the default repos:


# yum update --changelog firefox
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* livna: rpm.livna.org
* fedora: mirror.optus.net
* updates: mirror.optus.net
* freshrpms: ayo.ie.freshrpms.net
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firefox.i386 0:2.0.0.10-2.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package firefox.x86_64 0:2.0.0.10-2.fc7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: firefox = 2.0.0.5-1.fc7 for package: firefox-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firefox-devel.x86_64 0:2.0.0.10-2.fc7 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Changes in packages about to be updated:

firefox-devel - 2.0.0.10-2.fc7.x86_64, firefox - 2.0.0.10-2.fc7.i386,
firefox - 2.0.0.10-2.fc7.x86_64
* Thu Nov 29 09:00:00 2007 Christopher Aillon 2.0.0.10-2
- Make Canvas.drawImage work again

* Tue Nov 27 09:00:00 2007 Christopher Aillon 2.0.0.10-1
- Update to 2.0.0.10

* Tue Nov 6 09:00:00 2007 Martin Stransky - 2.0.0.9-1
- Update to 2.0.0.9

* Sat Oct 20 08:00:00 2007 Christopher Aillon - 2.0.0.8-1
- Update to 2.0.0.8

* Wed Oct 17 08:00:00 2007 Martin Stransky
- added fix for #246248 - firefox crashes when searching


Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
firefox i386 2.0.0.10-2.fc7 updates 21 M
firefox x86_64 2.0.0.10-2.fc7 updates 20 M
Updating for dependencies:
firefox-devel x86_64 2.0.0.10-2.fc7 updates 3.5 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 3 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 45 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): firefox-2.0.0.10-2 100% |=========================| 20 MB 00:17
(2/3): firefox-2.0.0.10-2 100% |=========================| 21 MB 00:18
(3/3): firefox-devel-2.0. 100% |=========================| 3.5 MB 00:02
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
Package yelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Package devhelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Package devhelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Package yelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Package devhelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Package devhelp needs gecko-libs = 1.8.1.3, this is not available.
Complete!

Looks like you upgraded to fc7 and you have a bunch of fc6 packages still floating around. Try "yum remove yelp devhelp gecko-libs"
                              ............gary


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