Beware: External repos can break key transition

Callum Lerwick seg at haxxed.com
Thu Sep 11 18:36:37 UTC 2008


$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: fedorakmod, refresh-packagekit
livna                                                    | 2.1 kB     00:00     
primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 192 kB     00:01     
adobe-linux-i386                                         |  951 B     00:00     
updates                                                  | 2.6 kB     00:00     
primary.sqlite.bz2                                       |  11 kB     00:00     
fedora                                                   | 2.4 kB     00:00     
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gnome-packagekit.x86_64 0:0.2.5-2.fc9 set to be updated
---> Package xine-lib-extras-nonfree.x86_64 0:1.1.15-1.lvn9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xine-lib(plugin-abi) = 1.24 for package: xine-lib-extras-nonfree
---> Package PackageKit.x86_64 0:0.2.5-1.fc9 set to be updated
---> Package fedora-release.noarch 0:9-5.transition set to be updated
---> Package yum-packagekit.x86_64 0:0.2.5-1.fc9 set to be updated
---> Package PackageKit-libs.x86_64 0:0.2.5-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
xine-lib-extras-nonfree-1.1.15-1.lvn9.x86_64 from livna has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: xine-lib(plugin-abi) = 1.24 is needed by package xine-lib-extras-nonfree-1.1.15-1.lvn9.x86_64 (livna)
Error: Missing Dependency: xine-lib(plugin-abi) = 1.24 is needed by package xine-lib-extras-nonfree-1.1.15-1.lvn9.x86_64 (livna)

So, an update in the Repo That Can Not Be Named, depends on an update in
the updates-newkey repo, not yet available, thus breaking the
transaction due to yum's pedantry.

Something to be aware of if you have non-technical users using Livna,
and you didn't think you needed the skip-broken plugin...
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