Error: Multilib version problems found

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Roger <arelem at bigpond.com> wrote:

> I run x86-64 bit Fedora 19. Have used sudo yum update for years all
> versions of Fedora, but since  a couple of days ago I get an error:
> --You have an upgrade for openssl-libs which is missing some dependency,
> etc, and,
> --Protected multilib versions: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686 !=
> 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-36.fc19.x86_64
>
> I ran: sudo yum update --exclude openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686, yum
> update continues correctly.
>
> Searching google I cannot find a way to determine what actually requires
> openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686 to operate or if it's even needed with
> the x86-64 version installed. I suspect it may be something skype needs
> because skype is still 386 technology.
>
> Is there a yum command to determine which packages depend on the i686
> version and whether the i686 version can be erased with no damage?


Simplest way is to run the yum erase command and just don't press Y at the
prompt. Obviously make sure you specify i686 so it doesn't try to erase the
x86_64 package.

Richard
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