"yum install glibc-devel" = Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6

[Nat Gross]

On 11/9/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
>
> Am Mi, den 09.11.2005 schrieb Nat Gross um 19:27:
>
> > I just upgraded FC3 > FC 4. Then 'yum update', fine and dandy.
> >
> > Then I tried to install glibc-devel (/media/cdrecorder/Fedora/RPMS) and
> here is a copy of events.
>
> > # yum install glibc-devel
> [ ... ]
> > Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 is needed by
> package glibc
> > Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6
>
> > -nat
>
> rpm -qa | grep glibc | sort
>
> You have old and new versions of glibc packages installed. `rpm -e' the
> old package versions.
>
> Alexander
>
This is the result.:
# rpm -qa | grep glibc | sort
glibc-2.3.6-0.fc3.1
glibc-common-2.3.6-0.fc3.1
#
I guess these are fc3 specific. If there are fc4 versions, should not the
installer installed them?
How do I fix this without killing Linux?

thanks;
-nat
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