yum leaving multiple versions installed

[Pete Graner]

Andy Burns wrote:
> Noticed today that yum (or yumex, I barely use pirut) has been leaving 
> multiple version of software installed, just to be clear this isn't a 
> i386 and an x86_64 version of the same package, it is two numerically 
> different versions.
> 
> This has been affected about 50 packages in total, some lib*, lots of 
> gnome*, some xorg and a few *.noarch, so no particular area.
> 
> I have had a few yum updates hang (due to the gcj-dbtool hanging?) so 
> this might explain it, I've manually tided up the dupes now.
> 
> Since I can't say what brought this on and can't repoduce it at the 
> moment, I'm not planning to bugzilla it, unless anyone else sees it too, 
> or thinks it is significant enough to warrant a bugzilla?
> 
> 

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179410

Happened to me as well... more than just dup packages caused foomatic 
not to install all its bits and system-config-printer broke along with 
some other apps. Had rpm -e --nodeps <package> and yum install <package> 
to fix it.

Pete

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