Can't update rpm

Jesus Jr M Salvo jesus.m.salvo at gmail.com
Sun Sep 2 13:53:59 UTC 2007


On 02/09/07, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/09/07, Jesus Jr M Salvo <jesus.m.salvo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > F7 x86_64. I can't update rpm with the latest updates. They all seem
> > to depend on rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7.
> >
> >
> > # yum update rpm
> > Loading "changelog" plugin
> > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
> > Setting up Update Process
> > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> > Resolving Dependencies
> > --> Running transaction check
> > ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-build
> > --> Processing Dependency: popt >= 1.10.2.1 for package: rpm
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-devel
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-python
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-libs
> > --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> > --> Running transaction check
> > ---> Package rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-devel.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package popt.x86_64 0:1.10.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-devel
> > --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7 for package: rpm-libs
> > --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> > --> Running transaction check
> >
> > Dependencies Resolved
> >
> > =============================================================================
> >  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> > =============================================================================
> > Updating:
> >  rpm                     x86_64     4.4.2.1-1.fc7    updates           1.1 M
> > Updating for dependencies:
> >  popt                    x86_64     1.10.2.1-1.fc7   updates            72 k
> >  rpm-build               x86_64     4.4.2.1-1.fc7    updates           623 k
> >  rpm-devel               x86_64     4.4.2.1-1.fc7    updates           5.5 M
> >  rpm-libs                x86_64     4.4.2.1-1.fc7    updates           920 k
> >  rpm-python              x86_64     4.4.2.1-1.fc7    updates            58 k
> >
> > Transaction Summary
> > =============================================================================
> > Install      0 Package(s)
> > Update       6 Package(s)
> > Remove       0 Package(s)
> >
> > Total download size: 8.2 M
> > Is this ok [y/N]: y
> > Downloading Packages:
> > Running rpm_check_debug
> > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> > ---> Package rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-devel.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ---> Package popt.x86_64 0:1.10.2.1-1.fc7 set to be updated
> > ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
> > Package rpm-libs needs rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7, this is not available.
> > Package rpm-devel needs rpm = 4.4.2-46.fc7, this is not available.
> > Complete!
>
> What has happened most likely is that you still have i386 rpm packages
> installed, but only x86_64 repositories configured. Run
>
>   rpm -qa --qf %{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}\\n rpm\*
>
> to find out. Get rid of the i386 packages, exclude= them in yum.conf
> if necessary.
>

Thanks ... that was it ... an i386 rpm of the same name. However, I
could not just "exclude=*.i386" ... there's too many of them such that
if I update rpm, it tries to update popt but it too has an i386 rpm
that is depended on by other i386 rpms and so forth .... Is there a
clean and safe way to uninstall all the i386 rpms ?

John




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