Yum Dependency problem [Solved]

[david walcroft]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 02/11/2007, david walcroft <d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>   
>>>>> Package python-reportlab needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not
>>>>> available.
>>>>> Package metakit needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
>>>>> Package PyRTF needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
>>>>> Package python-sqlite2 needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not available.
>>>>> Package python-imaging-tk needs python(abi) = 2.4, this is not
>>>>> available.
>>>>>           
>
>   
>> I have just done another  'yum update' for the third time today and yum
>> download 87 updates and cleaned up my dependency problem.
>> I notice that If I wait a couple of days dependency problems tend to
>> resolve them selves.
>>     
>
> You are confused. There have not been any huge updates for this. For
> example, "metakit" (see above quote) for stock Fedora 7 is unchanged
> since May 23rd and does NOT require python(abi) = 2.4 (which is Fedora
> Core 6 and older), but python(abi) = 2.5. A simple upgrade to Fedora 7
> would have replaced it with the f7 package already. Same applies to
> python-imaging-tk (... and I haven't checked the others).
>
> $ rpm -qpR metakit-2.4.9.6-1.fc7.i386.rpm |grep py
> python(abi) = 2.5
>
>   
I had not been able to download for a week hence the 87 rpm's .
I did an upgrade install from FC6 > FC7 at the release of FC7.

david