perl packages

[Ian Malone]

On 21 February 2012 20:24, Patrick Dupre <patrick.dupre at york.ac.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to install the package
> perl-Archive-Tar
> but I get the error message:
>
> Error: Package: perl-Archive-Tar-1.76-193.fc16.noarch (updates)
>           Requires: perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
>           Installed: 4:perl-5.14.2-195.fc16.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-195.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.x86_64 (fedora)
>               perl = 4:5.14.1-188.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.2-193.fc16.x86_64 (updates)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
> Error: Package: 1:perl-Package-Constants-0.02-193.fc16.noarch (updates)
>           Requires: perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
>           Installed: 4:perl-5.14.2-195.fc16.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-195.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.x86_64 (fedora)
>               perl = 4:5.14.1-188.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.2-193.fc16.x86_64 (updates)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
> Error: Package: 1:perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-193.fc16.noarch (updates)
>           Requires: perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
>           Installed: 4:perl-5.14.2-195.fc16.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-195.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.1-188.fc16.x86_64 (fedora)
>               perl = 4:5.14.1-188.fc16
>           Available: 4:perl-5.14.2-193.fc16.x86_64 (updates)
>               perl = 4:5.14.2-193.fc16
>  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>  You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>
>
> How would you deal with this?

Either downgrade your updates-testing perl to the updates one or see
if a matching perl-Archive-Tar is available in updates-testing.

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