yum bungling dependency resolution

[Todd Zullinger]

Janardana Deva wrote:
> The following will explain the problem I am having:
> 
> # yum update
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package paps-libs.x86_64 0:0.6.8-1.fc7 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 for package: ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 for package: alsa-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> --> Running transaction check
> 
> --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 for package: ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 for package: alsa-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 is needed by package alsa-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 is needed by package ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7

This is a known bug[1], which should be fixed in yum-3.2.8.  Try:

    yum update yum

to get the new yum, then try your update again.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330711

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