Confusing error messages

[Rex Dieter]

On 06/16/2009 12:37 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 June 2009 17:53:41 Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> Can someone please decode these messages?
>>>
>>> k3b-extras-freeworld-1.0.5-4.fc10.i386 from installed has depsolving
>>> problems
>>>    -->  Missing Dependency: libk3bdevice.so.5 is needed by package
>>>    k3b-extras-
>>> freeworld-1.0.5-4.fc10.i386 (installed)
>>
>> You're likely trying to upgrate to k3b-1.0.6x, for which there doesn't
>> exist a compatible k3b-extras-freeworld (yet).
>>
>> Sound about right? :)
>>
> Could be.  Yum just tells me Package k3b.i386 0:1.66.0-1.fc10 set to be
> updated
>
> I'll skip-broken for the moment, then.

Or just
rpm -e k3b-extras-freeworld

(I may insert an Obsoletes until the -freeworld pkg is ready, this is 
turning into a FAQ)

-- Rex