Problem with today's "yum update"

[Robert L Cochran]

Thanks for your advice, I'll quit using the -y option. 

Yes, katana is already installed, I'm not sure why yum wants to install
it:

Transaction Check Error: package katana-1.0.4-4 is already installed
[root at rachelsp4 ~]# rpm -q katana
katana-1.0.4-4
[root at rachelsp4 ~]#

Bob


On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 15:22 -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:43:25 -0400, Robert L Cochran
> <bobtest at lingpgmr.com> wrote:
> > How do I deal with this error as a result of running
> > 
> > 'yum -y --obsoletes update':
> > 
> > Transaction Check Error: package katana-1.0.4-4 is already installed
> 
> How do you deal with it?
> First... stop using -y  option so you can review the list of packages
> that yum wants to install/upgrade.
> <soapbox>
> I think its unwise for anyone using development packages to be using
> the -y option and skipping the package list reviewing phase. If you
> are using test releases and development packages you need to be very
> aware of what you are installing, so you have a hope of narrowing down
> problems when not if they occur.
> </soapbox>
> 
> Second... yum seems to be saying that katana package is already
> installed. Is it?
> Is the version of katana installed older than the version yum wants to install?
> 
> -jef
> 
>