missing dependency php

[micheal]

Hi Craig,

This is why I like smart so well, Its is not a perfect pm, but it is
very full featured.
> 
> Her problem is that she cannot solve dependency issues because there are
> multiple versions of the same package - in this case openoffice, system-
> config-printer and previously, it was php which we solved. Obviously,
> yum would be able to solve & install dependent packages if this problem
> didn't exist and the addition of another overlay program like apt is
> going to have the same problem. This isn't a yum problem - this is a
> problem with the base of rpm packages that are already installed on this
> system. 
> 

So I decided to break my system a little to show what it can do.

This is my initial output of rpm -qa |grep php

[micheal at Fedora3 ~]$ rpm -qa |grep php
php-pgsql-4.3.10-3.2
php-ldap-4.3.10-3.2
php-mysql-4.3.10-3.2
php-pear-4.3.10-3.2
php-odbc-4.3.10-3.2
php-4.3.10-3.2
php-gd-4.3.10-3.2

Let me try to install an older version of php-ldap, for whatever reason,
and I install it --force --nodeps.

Children do not try this at home

[root at Fedora3 micheal]# rpm -i --force --nodeps /home/micheal/php-
ldap-4.3.9-3.i386.rpm
[root at Fedora3 micheal]# rpm -qa |grep php php-pgsql-4.3.10-3.2
php-ldap-4.3.10-3.2
php-mysql-4.3.10-3.2
php-pear-4.3.10-3.2
php-odbc-4.3.10-3.2
php-4.3.10-3.2
php-gd-4.3.10-3.2
php-ldap-4.3.9-3


Note the 2 versions of php-ldap.

Now I will invoke the archaic command "smart fix" as root

[root at Fedora3 micheal]# smart fix Loading cache...
Updating cache...               ########################################
[100%]

Computing transaction...

Removed packages (1):
  php-ldap-4.3.9-3 at i386

38.6kB will be freed.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Committing transaction...
Preparing...                    ########################################
[  0%]
   1:Removing php-ldap          ########################################
[100%]

Saving cache...

[root at Fedora3 micheal]# 
[root at Fedora3 micheal]# rpm -qa |grep php
php-pgsql-4.3.10-3.2
php-ldap-4.3.10-3.2
php-mysql-4.3.10-3.2
php-pear-4.3.10-3.2
php-odbc-4.3.10-3.2
php-4.3.10-3.2
php-gd-4.3.10-3.2

Viola it is gone.

This can also be done in the GUI, Edit > Check installed packages, will
give you a listing of anything that is out of sort. and Edit> Fill all
problems will make the correct changes.

Smart is by all means not perfect, and is a memory hog. But has tons of
features, including locking a package and setting priorities for certain
repos on the package level.

HTH 

Micheal