Can't remove package from update manager

[JD]

  On 10/20/2010 09:49 PM, Silent-Hunter wrote:
>    On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
>> Hi "Silent-Hunter",
>>
>> On 20 October 2010 15:58, Silent-Hunter<cheery314 at hotmail.com>   wrote:
>>> Not quite. The one I want to remove is the x86_64 one. It doesn't show
>>> it in rpm -q zsnes, but it does try to update it through the update manager.
>> Could you post the output of the following,
>>
>> $ yum list zsnes\*
>> # grep zsnes /var/log/yum.log
>> $ rpm -qa zsnes*
>>
>> If you get some output from this one, could you also post,
>>
>> $ rpm -qi<whatever_you_get_above>
>>
> [silent at TERMINAL-BMRF-9 ~]$ yum list zsnes\*
> Loaded plugins: aliases, auto-update-debuginfo, changelog, downloadonly,
>                 : fastestmirror, filter-data, fs-snapshot, keys,
> list-data, local,
>                 : merge-conf, post-transaction-actions, presto, priorities,
>                 : protectbase, ps, refresh-packagekit,
> remove-with-leaves, rpm-
>                 : warm-cache, security, show-leaves, tmprepo, tsflags,
> upgrade-
>                 : helper, verify, versionlock
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>    * fedora: linux.mirrors.es.net
>    * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>    * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>    * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>    * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>    * updates: linux.mirrors.es.net
> _local                                                   | 3.0 kB
> 00:00 ...
> 0 packages excluded due to repository protections
> Installed Packages
> zsnes.i586                    1.51-6.fc11
> @rpmfusion-free
> Available Packages
> zsnes.x86_64                  1:1.51-2mdv2007.0                  _local
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> [silent at TERMINAL-BMRF-9 ~]$ grep zsnes /var/log/yum.log
> Oct 17 23:26:03 Installed: 1:zsnes-1.51-2mdv2007.0.x86_64
> Oct 17 23:27:05 Erased: zsnes
> Oct 17 23:29:06 Installed: zsnes-1.51-6.fc11.i586
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> [silent at TERMINAL-BMRF-9 ~]$ rpm -qa zsnes*
> zsnes-1.51-6.fc11.i586
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> [silent at TERMINAL-BMRF-9 ~]$ rpm -qi zsnes-1.51-2mdv2007.0.x86_64
> package zsnes-1.51-2mdv2007.0.x86_64 is not installed
> [silent at TERMINAL-BMRF-9 ~]$ rpm -qi zsnes-1.51-6.fc11.i586
> Name        : zsnes                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 1.51                              Vendor: RPM Fusion
> Release     : 6.fc11                        Build Date: Sat 28 Mar 2009
> 07:03:20 AM PDT
> Install Date: Sun 17 Oct 2010 11:28:56 PM PDT      Build Host:
> plague.lisas.de
> Group       : Applications/Emulators        Source RPM:
> zsnes-1.51-6.fc11.src.rpm
> Size        : 4154316                          License: GPLv2
> Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Sun 04 Apr 2010 10:13:04 AM PDT, Key ID
> 7f9dec5ea3780952
> Packager    :<http://free.rpmfusion.org/>
> URL         : http://www.zsnes.com/
> Summary     : ZSNES is a Super Nintendo emulator
> Description :
> This is an emulator for Nintendo's 16 bit console, called Super Nintendo
> Entertainment System or Super Famicom. It features a pretty accurate
> emulation
> of that system's graphic and sound capabilities.
> The GUI enables the user to select games, change options, enable cheat codes
> and to save the game state, even network play is possible.
> ____________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> I think what I need to do is remove zsnes-1.51-2mdv2007.0.x86_64 from
> the available packages list.
You cannot do that, since yum searches the remote repo for what is
available vs. what you already have. You have the 32 bit version,
and it sees that the 64 bit version is available on rpmfusion, and
since you do not have the 64 bit version, it tells you it is available.
You could also disable the rpmfusion repo
There might be a way to exclude this package in the rpmfusion
repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d
I am not sure if that is possible. Just a conjecture.