Yum messed up again.

[Poohba]

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc is needed
by package geronimo-specs-compat

I get that when i $yum update.  Maybe I'm thinking wrong but if yum
update won't work then I won't be able to update everything and/or
anything that is remotely related to whatever has the missing dep.
Correct?
Could not find update match for geronimo-specs-compat

# yum update geronimo-specs
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
livna
[1/5]
core
[2/5]
updates
[3/5]
jpackage-generic
[4/5]
extras
[5/5]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package geronimo-specs.noarch 0:1.0-0.M2.3jpp set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc for
package: geronimo-specs-compat
--> Processing Dependency: xmlbeans for package: geronimo-specs
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xmlbeans.noarch 0:1.0.4-2jpp set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc for
package: geronimo-specs-compat
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc is needed
by package geronimo-specs-compat

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:10:35PM -0400, Poohba wrote:
>  --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>  Error: Missing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc is needed
>  by package geronimo-specs-compat
>  I get that when i $yum update.  Maybe I'm thinking wrong but if yum
>  update won't work then I won't be able to update everything and/or
>  anything that is remotely related to whatever has the missing dep.
>  Correct?
>  Could not find update match for geronimo-specs-compat 
This isn't "yum messed up", it's "some of the yum repositories
you're
looking at are messed up". And "messed up" could simply be
"temporarily out
of sync; try again later".

In this case, it looks like geronimo-specs is updated, but
geronimo-specs-compat is not.

First thing I'd try is "yum upgrade geronimo-specs" instead of "yum
update
geronimo-specs". This pulls in package-obsoletes information, which is
marginally slower but is usually what you want done.

If that doesn't work, check to make sure you need the compat package. If
not, remove it.

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[Timothy Murphy]

Poohba wrote:

>  --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>  Error: Missing Dependency: geronimo-specs = 1.0-0.M2.2jpp_7fc is needed
>  by package geronimo-specs-compat
>  
>  I get that when i $yum update.  Maybe I'm thinking wrong but if yum
>  update won't work then I won't be able to update everything and/or
>  anything that is remotely related to whatever has the missing dep.
>  Correct?
>  Could not find update match for geronimo-specs-compat
>  
>  # yum update geronimo-specs
>  Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>  Setting up Update Process
>  Setting up repositories
>  livna
>  [1/5]
>  core
>  [2/5]
>  updates
>  [3/5]
>  jpackage-generic
>  [4/5]
>  extras
>  [5/5]
>  Reading repository metadata in from local files 
...

I'm no yum expert, but

(1) If your main aim is to make sure "yum update" works,
I would only enable the fedora-updates and fedora-extras repositories,
at least temporarily.
(Put "enabled=0" in the others.)

(2) You could try saying "yum --exclude=geronimo* update"

(3) You could try looking for the required rpm file in rpmfind.net .


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