fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 8, Issue 27

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 20:38 -0700, Gordon McCague wrote:
> I'm experiencing the following issue when using yum for  updates:
> 
> Resolving Dependencies
> Processing Dependency: /bin/runuser for package: initscripts
> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: missing dep: /bin/runuser for pkg initscripts
> 
> 
> I created a symbolic link from /usr/bin/runuser (where it resides) to
> /bin/runuser but the update still tells me that the utility is not
> available. I believe runuser is part of the coreutils so I don't see
> how I can re-install it. Any information is greatly appreciated.
> 

A symlink will not make this information available in the rpmdb and will
therefore not make it available to yum.

-sv