On 03/29/2011 04:29 PM, JB wrote: > JD<jd1008<at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> I did that. I did update a lot of fc13 packages to fc14. >> But it still chocked on the dependencies that had other >> packages depending on the very dependencies it tries >> to update. >> Yum simply does not seem to be able to handle this chain >> of dependencies scenario. >> I consider it broken! >> > I would execute this: > # yum distro-sync > > and post the full output (dependencies conflict, etc) to the list. > > It would be interesting to see what yum can not handle. > Perhaps there is something unusual we will be able to identify (before you > decide what to do next: file a Bugzilla report, etc). > > Also, I would double check the plugins with regard to packages update > protections and their configurations. > Or any exclusions, etc in your main yum config file. > > JB > > That's what I meant when I said 'I did that' Sorry that I did not save the output. It does take a long time and produces a list of what is "set to be installed" - but because it encounters errors with some packages and their dependencies, it does not install any of them. What I have been doing is that for every dependency that causes conflicts, I uninstall the conflicting dependency and all packages that depend on it, and then I "yum install" them and that fixes the problem with that dependency. So, next time I do yum update, the problem with that specific dependency is gone and the new dependencies are installed. And on with the next conflict ...etc. So, it has been a rather slow and painful process to do things that yum should be doing for me. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines