Dependency problem (faad2) with ffmpeg-libs

[Jeroen Lankheet]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 30/05/07, Jeroen Lankheet wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I can't update my FC6 machine anymore because yum complains about:
>> >>
>> >> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>> >> ---> Package ffmpeg-libs.i386 0:0.4.9-0.37.20070503.lvn6 set to be 
>> updated
>> >> --> Running transaction check
>> >> --> Processing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 for package: ffmpeg-libs
>> >> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>> >> Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package 
>> ffmpeg-libs
>> >>
>> >> after doing a yum update.
>> >> First of all, yum also rejects updates that are not depending on this
>> >> error, I think that's a nasty feature 'we' should get rid of.
>> >> So how can this be fixed?
>> >>
>> >> I have installed the faad2-2.5-7.fc6.at rpm
>> >>
>> >
>> > Usually mixing between the repos is considered not a good thing. I 
>> fixed
>> > the flv file playback stuttering using only the ffmpeg files from
>> > Freshrpms, then I locked them down. Hard! Ric
>> >
>> >
>> Unfortunately, yumex did not grasp any of this.
>>
>> Okay, I now changed the atrpms faad2 into the livna faad2. I removed the
>> first mentioned with a rpm -e --nodeps faad2 and yum install faad2. The
>> following lines come up:
>>
>> /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple same
>> specifications for /usr/lib/vlc/codec/libdmo_plugin.so.
>> /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple same
>> specifications for /usr/lib/vlc/codec/librealaudio_plugin.so.
>>
>> And yes, the line "Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by
>> package ffmpeg-libs" is still there (while I'm singing the
>> Fedora-Multimedia blues...)
>
> rpm.livna.org/fedora/6 contains a faad2 package that is < 2.5, so it
> seems you still have a repository enabled that upgrades faad2 to >=
> 2.5.
>
>> So what's this multiple same specifications all about,
>
> SELinux file contexts.
>
>> and does it have
>> anything to do with the problem at hand?
>
> No.
>
Okay, I solved it by disabling the freshrmps.repo and manually 
installing the faad2.rpm from livna

Thanks,
Jeroen.