Conflicts with new packages? (NetworkManager and wireless-tools)

[jim lawrence]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:37:07 +0100, Rob van Nieuwkerk
<robn at berrymount.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:56:28 -0800 (PST)
> David Hoffman <dhoffman_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I got a notification today of an update for NetworkManager and an
> > update for wireless-tools.
> >
> > Prior to this update, I was using the following versions:
> > NetworkManager-0.3.1-3
> > wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3
> >
> > When attempting to update with yum, yum complained of the need for
> > installing wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 to resolve dependencies.
> >
> > When I attempted to allow that, it failed because wireless-tools.i386
> > 1:27-0.pre25.3 was already installed and was newer. The update FAILED.
> >
> > If I try to manually update wireless-tools to the new version, it
> > complains because libiw.so.27 is required by NetworkManager. The new
> > version of wireless-tools changes the version of this file to
> > libiw.so.28. So I figured since NetworkManager was also being upgraded
> > today, then that dependency might change as well, and the new version
> > should look for the 28 version.
> >
> > That being the case, I attempted to manually update NetworkManager, and
> > that worked. But then when I again attempted to update wireless-tools,
> > it complained that NetworkManager required libiw.so.27.
> >
> > So the NEW NetworkManager requires a file that is only provided by the
> > OLD wireless-tools. And that means that both files cannot be upgraded
> > to the most recent released versions.
> >
> >
> > Anyone want to throw their 2 cents in the ring and see if this is just
> > something I am doing wrong?
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> You're not alone: same problem here.
> It's a package dependancy problem.  Don't now which package is to blame.
> Cc-ed the wireless-tools update creator (Dan Williams).
> 
>         greetings,
>         Rob van Nieuwkerk
> 
> yum output showing the problem on my FC3 machine:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> verdi /home/robn 16 # yum update
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up Repo:  updates-released
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> Setting up Repo:  base
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> updates-re: ################################################## 512/512
> base      : ################################################## 2622/2622
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: kdenetwork
> --> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> Transaction Listing:
>   Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3
> 
> Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
>   Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Check Error:   file /sbin/ifrename conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwconfig conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwevent conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwgetid conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwlist conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwpriv conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /sbin/iwspy conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/include/iwlib.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/include/wireless.h conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/lib/libiw.so conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man5/iftab.5.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man8/ifrename.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwevent.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwgetid.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
>   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwspy.8.gz conflicts between attempted installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
> verdi /home/robn 17 #
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you too,  huh   please post if and when the dependecy is resolved  
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