Dependency Errors

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:05:57 -0800, JZ (Joe) wrote:

> A simple yum update produced this:

Uh? Both .fc14 and .fc16 in there. Watch out!

> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: upstart-sysvinit-1.2-2.fc14.i686 (@updates/14)
>             Requires: upstart = 1.2-2.fc14
>             Removing: upstart-1.2-2.fc14.i686 (@updates/14)
>                 upstart = 1.2-2.fc14
>             Updated By: upstart-1.2-4.fc16.i686 (fedora)
>                 upstart = 1.2-4.fc16
>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
> kernel-headers-3.1.2-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with 
> kernel-headers-2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686
> systemd-37-3.fc16.i686 has installed conflicts upstart-sysvinit: 
> upstart-sysvinit-1.2-2.fc14.i686
> upstart-sysvinit-1.2-2.fc14.i686 has installed conflicts 
> systemd-sysvinit: systemd-37-3.fc16.i686
> 
> That explains why the kernel didn't update; I'll need to do a little 
> more cleaning out before trying again.  I'm reporting this, partially, 
> in case anybody else on the list has a similar issue.

What kind of installation is this where you mix old/obsolete packages
from Fedora 14 (upstart) and Fedora 16 (systemd)?