Updates

[Karl Larsen]

Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:30 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Craig White wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:11 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> On 13/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>>     It is a MAJOR problem. I can't load VLC and I might as well go to
>>>>>> Windows if that is not working. Look back today and you will see the
>>>>>> problem. Yum is updating files NOT on my F8!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Can't yum vlc at all.
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Show the result of some queries, please:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ yum whatprovides libx264.so.56
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum whatprovides libx264.so.56
>>>> x264.i386 : Library for encoding and decoding H264/AVC video streams
>>>> [root at localhost ~]#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> $ rpm -qa 'x264*'
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -qa 'x264*'
>>>> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> $ yum list x264
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum list x264
>>>> Installed Packages
>>>> x264.i386                                0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 
>>>> installed      
>>>> Available Packages
>>>> x264.i386                                0-0.10.20070819.lvn8   livna    
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks for you help. It looks like it might be what is causing the 
>>>> problem do you think?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> ----
>>> what happens if you try...
>>>
>>> yum update x264
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Hi I get this. Odd.
>>
>> [root at localhost ~]#
>> [root at localhost ~]#
>> [root at localhost ~]# yum update x264
>> livna                     100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    
>> 00:00    
>> fedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    
>> 00:00    
>> updates                   100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    
>> 00:00    
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Could not find update match for x264
>> No Packages marked for Update
>> [root at localhost ~]# yum update x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Could not find update match for x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
>> No Packages marked for Update
>> [root at localhost ~]#
>>
>> So this is a real surprise too.
>>     
> ----
> Not really... the 20070529.fc7 designation pretty much clinches the fact
> that you have installed packages that were never intended for Fedora 8
> but it's hard for me to determine how/where you got that from. Livna's
> Fedora 7 repository has a much newer version which means that you
> probably have more mess than that.
>
> I suppose to see how badly you have things screwed up, you are going to
> have to tell it
>
> yum remove x264
>
> and then get a list of what it's going to remove. Whether you say yes to
> removing or not is up to you. You might want to put the list of things
> yum wants to remove before you say yes or no.
>
> Your call, your machine, your mess
>
> Craig
>
>   
    Sorry Craig there are MANY f7 rpms in f8. It is normal and thought 
you would know.


Karl


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