FC5: Evolution dependency errors

Joachim Backes joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Tue Jun 6 08:13:13 UTC 2006


Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 12:56 +1200, Morgan Read wrote:
>> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>>> Hi Gang,
>>>
>>> I just did a "yum -y update on fully patched FC5. Doing a standard
>>> "yum -y update" today at a command prompt gave me a most unwelcome
>>> surprise:
>> ...
>>
>>> evolution-connector-2.6.2 100% |=========================|  28 kB    00:00
>>> ---> Package evolution-connector.i386 0:2.6.2-1.fc5.2 set to be updated
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> --> Processing Dependency: libecal-1.2.so.3 for package: gnome-panel
>> ...
>>
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: libedata-cal-1.2.so.1 is needed by package
>>> evolution-connector
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: libecal-1.2.so.3 is needed by package
>>> evolution-sharp
>> ...
>>
>>> Nothing. No packages were found. OK...now what do I do?
>> Yup:
>>
>> [root at morgansmachine ~]# yum resolvedep libedata-cal-1.2.so.1
>> libecal-1.2.so.3
>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> Searching Packages for Dependency:
>> Setting up repositories
>> ...
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
>> Finished
>> 0:evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386
>> 0:evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386
>>
>>
>> [root at morgansmachine ~]# yum install
>> evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386
>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> Setting up Install Process
>> Setting up repositories
>> ...
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
>> Finished
>> Parsing package install arguments
>> Nothing to do
>>
>> So, I guess evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386 isn't advertising
>> it's provides properly? - So, wait till there's an update for it?
> 
> No, its provides are fine. The problem is that they are later versions
> than those provided by the previous release, e.g.
> 
> libecal-1.2.so.6 instead of libecal-1.2.so.3
> libedata-cal-1.2.so.5 instead of libedata-cal-1.2.so.1
> 
> All the packages that depend on these libraries (e.g. gnoem-panel,
> evolution-connector, evolution-sharp) need to be rebuilt against the
> updated evolution-data-server, which should not have been released until
> that had happened.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 


Hi,

I had the same problems during the last "yum update". But I found a workaround:

1. rpm --nodeps --justdb -e evolution-data-server
2. yum update (installed evolution-data-server again and  updated my system).

Regards

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