More NetworkManager related update problems

[Chris Adams]

There is an update to wireless-tools in updates-released, but
NetworkManager blocks it because it is linked against libiw.so.27 and
the new wireless-tools provides libiw.so.28.

yum doesn't handle this problem very well either:

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$ yum update -y
Transaction Check Error:   package wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3 (which is newer than
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2) is already installed
  file /sbin/ifrename conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwconfig conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwevent conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwgetid conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwlist conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwpriv conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2
and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /sbin/iwspy conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and
wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/include/iwlib.h conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/include/wireless.h conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/lib/libiw.so conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man5/iftab.5.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/ifrename.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwevent.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwgetid.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
  file /usr/share/man/man8/iwspy.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo:  base
Setting up Repo:  updates-released
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
  Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
  Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
$ 
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net&gt;
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.