On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 09:55 -0700, Donald Reader wrote: > I am having dependency hell with the latest Namazu Update > Here is what yum is saying > > [root@dads ~]# yum update > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin > Loading "downloadonly" plugin > Loading "upgrade-helper" plugin > Loading "skip-broken" plugin > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * skype: download.skype.com > * livna: livna.cat.pdx.edu > * fedora: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu > * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com > * updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu > skype 100% |=========================| 951 B > 00:00 > livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB > 00:00 > fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB > 00:00 > adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B > 00:00 > updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB > 00:00 > Setting up Update Process > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > ---> Package namazu.i386 0:2.0.18-1.fc8 set to be updated > --> Processing Dependency: perl(time.pl) for package: namazu > --> Processing Dependency: perl(conf.pl) for package: namazu > --> Processing Dependency: perl(util.pl) for package: namazu > --> Processing Dependency: perl(var.pl) for package: namazu > --> Processing Dependency: perl(nmzidx.pl) for package: namazu > --> Processing Dependency: perl(document.pl) for package: namazu > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(time.pl) is needed by package namazu > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(util.pl) is needed by package namazu > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(document.pl) is needed by package namazu > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(nmzidx.pl) is needed by package namazu > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(var.pl) is needed by package namazu > Error: Missing Dependency: perl(conf.pl) is needed by package namazu > > Doing a search I found all the files in /usr/share/namazu/pl as can be > seen here > [root@dads ~]# ls /usr/share/namazu/pl > codeconv.pl document.pl gettext.pl htmlsplit.pl seed.pl usage.pl > var.pl > conf.pl filter.pl gfilter.pl nmzidx.pl time.pl util.pl > wakati.pl > > any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated Clear case of a packaging bug (actually a bug in rpm, which adds introduces bogus Requires). This namazu package needs to filter out these bogus perl(*) deps inside of its *.spec file. cf. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Perl for details. Ralf
