yum update problem

[Kevin B]

Mike Hammill wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been getting the following dependency error when using "yum update"
> the last couple of days on a G3 running FC5:  
>
> Error: Missing Dependency: librpcsecgss.so.1 is needed by package
> nfs-utils
> Error: Missing Dependency: libgssapi.so.1 is needed by package nfs-utils
>
> I tried:
>
> rpm --rebuilddb
> yum clean all
> yum update
>
> But it did not make a difference.  The system was last updated
> successfully about a week ago (25 June 2006).  Any idea how to get
> around this problem?  Perhaps my concept of yum as a self-sufficient
> dependency solver is naive and I've been lucky: so far yum has never
> failed me.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Hammill
>
> PS Extra background:
> [root at lamby ~]# yum provides librpcsecgss.so.1
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Searching Packages:
> Setting up repositories
> core
> [1/3]
> updates
> [2/3]
> extras
> [3/3]
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>
>
> nfs-utils-lib.ppc                        1.0.8-3.1              core
> Matched from:
> librpcsecgss.so.1
> Importing additional filelist information
> filelists.xml.gz          100% |=========================| 2.4 MB
> 00:03
> core      : ################################################## 2369/2369
> Added 2369 new packages, deleted 0 old in 117.54 seconds
>
>
> nfs-utils-lib.ppc                        1.0.8-3.1              core
> Matched from:
> /usr/lib/librpcsecgss.so.1.0.0
> /usr/lib/librpcsecgss.so.1
> librpcsecgss.so.1
>
>
> nfs-utils-lib.ppc                        1.0.8-3.1
> installed
> Matched from:
> /usr/lib/librpcsecgss.so.1
> /usr/lib/librpcsecgss.so.1.0.0
> librpcsecgss.so.1
>
> [root at lamby ~]# yum provides libgssapi.so.1
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Searching Packages:
> Setting up repositories
> core
> [1/3]
> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> updates
> [2/3]
> updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> extras
> [3/3]
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>
>
> libgssapi.ppc                            0.7-2.1                core
> Matched from:
> libgssapi.so.1
> Importing additional filelist information
>
>
> libgssapi.ppc                            0.7-2.1                core
> Matched from:
> /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.1.0.0
> /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.1
> libgssapi.so.1
>
>
> libgssapi.ppc                            0.7-2.1
> installed
> Matched from:
> /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.1
> /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.1.0.0
> libgssapi.so.1
>
> I have an untouched yum.conf:
> [root at lamby ~]# cat /etc/yum.conf
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> keepcache=0
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> obsoletes=1
> gpgcheck=1
> plugins=1
> metadata_expire=1800
>
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
>
>
>
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Hello,

I had the same thing so nothing is wrong with your system.
I just removed  nfs-utils and then updated.  I didn't try to add it back in
as I don't run nfs anyways.

rpm -e nfs-utils
yum -y update

Did you open/"check for" a bugzilla report?

Later,
Kevin B