fedup f20->f21 kde broken deps

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:07:10 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:

> fedup gave me the following warnings:
> 
>    kde-runtime-libs-4.14.3-2.fc20.x86_64 requires exiv2-
> libs-0.23-5.fc20.x86_64, 
> OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-6.fc20.x86_64, libgcrypt-1.5.3-2.fc20.x86_64, 
> ilmbase-1.0.3-7.fc20.x86_64, libwebp-0.3.1-3.fc20.x86_64

Well, I have yet to hear good things about fedup, so take the following
with a grain of salt.

# yum list kde-runtime-libs
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Available Packages
kde-runtime-libs.i686                4.14.3-2.fc21               updates-testing
kde-runtime-libs.x86_64              4.14.3-2.fc21               updates-testing

This only shows that a "higher" kde-runtime-libs package is available for
F21, albeit only in the updates-testing repo. Does fedup upgrade to
updates-testing or just F21 Beta release +/- updates repo?

In case it does not, this is typical upgrade path breakage that has
plagued Fedora for a long time already. You would strictly need to
upgrade _to_ F21 updates-testing to avoid this.

Upgrading from an up-to-date F(n-1) to F(n) only works well, if every
package in F(n) is "higher" than F(n-1). That assumption breaks easily, if
somebody has installed latest updates for F(n-1) [possibly even including
test updates] but upgrades to something "older", such as a release without
updates and/or updates-testing.


>     armadillo-4.500.0-1.fc20.x86_64 requires atlas-3.8.4-13.fc20.x86_64

Same here, a newer armadillo is available for F21, whereas without
updates-testing it is _older_:

# yum list armadillo atlas
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Available Packages
armadillo.i686                   4.550.0-1.fc21                  updates-testing
armadillo.x86_64                 4.550.0-1.fc21                  updates-testing
atlas.i686                       3.10.1-16.fc21                  fedora         
atlas.x86_64                     3.10.1-16.fc21                  fedora

# yum list armadillo atlas --disablerepo=updates-testing
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Available Packages
armadillo.i686                        4.450.0-1.fc21                      fedora
armadillo.x86_64                      4.450.0-1.fc21                      fedora
atlas.i686                            3.10.1-16.fc21                      fedora
atlas.x86_64                          3.10.1-16.fc21                      fedora

>     kde-workspace-4.11.14-2.fc20.x86_64 requires gpsd-libs-3.9-4.fc20.x86_64
>     kwin-4.11.14-2.fc20.x86_64 requires libxcb-1.9.1-3.fc20.x86_64
> Continue with the upgrade at your own risk.

Same here:

# yum list kde-workspace kwin
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Available Packages
kde-workspace.x86_64               4.11.14-2.fc21                updates-testing
kwin.x86_64                        4.11.14-2.fc21                updates-testing

# yum list kde-workspace kwin --disablerepo=updates-testing
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Available Packages
kde-workspace.x86_64                    4.11.14-1.fc21                    fedora