Problems with dependencies in current rawhide

[Richard Hally]

sean wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>>> On Monday 11 December 2006 10:42 am, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got a recipe that avoids the dependencies in the current
>>>> batch of rawhide updates?  Patience being a virtue for rawhide
>>>> users, I can exercise some and wait it out if that is best.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/yum?highlight=%28yum%29
>>>
>>> Tips and Tricks
>>>
>>> "Yum halts if there is any dependency problem within the repository 
>>> to be safe and doesnt perform partial updates. Use this script if you 
>>> want that. Kindly ensure that you report any dependency issues to the 
>>> appropriate repository bug tracker or post to the relevant project 
>>> list if it requires more discussions."
>>
>> We have a better solution now. Updated that page.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> 
> Sounded great,but:
> 
> As root
> 
> rpm -qa | grep yum
> yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6.x86_64
> yum-3.0.1-2.fc7.noarch
> yum-skip-broken-1.0.1-1.fc7.noarch
> yum-utils-1.0.1-1.fc7.noarch
> 
>  yum  update --ignore-broken
> usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, 
> resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, 
> shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, groupupdate, info, 
> search, check-update, list, remove, clean, grouperase >
> 
> Command line error: no such option: --ignore-broken
> 
>  yum  --ignore-broken update
> usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, 
> resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, 
> shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, groupupdate, info, 
> search, check-update, list, remove, clean, grouperase >
> 
> Command line error: no such option: --ignore-broken
> 
> Have I misconfigured something?
> 
> sean
> 
check in /etc/yum.conf to see that plugins=1