Error: Multilib version problems found

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:19:44 +1100, Roger 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

Full output from Yum without using --skip-broken can be much more helpful
when posting to a mailing-list.

> >     I ran: sudo yum update --exclude openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686,
> >     yum update continues correctly.

Which is an indication that something blocks the openssl-libs.x86_64
update from being installed.

> >     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?

Trying to remove a package with yum, there would be a confirmation prompt.
Alternatively, old-school RPM usage

  rpm --test --erase openssl-libs.i686

to show existing dependencies.

> Even more confusing:
> yum erase openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686 reports: No Match for 
> argument: openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686 but
> yum erase openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19 shows all x86_64 , nothing for i686
> find -name 'openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686'  = no results
> yum search openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686  = no results
> locate openssl-libs-1.0.1e-37.fc19.i686  = no results

These are strange commands. Typically, you would use "yum list openssl-libs"
or "rpm -q openssl-libs", and the find/locate commands are very strange.
The output of "rpm -qa openssl\*" might be interesting.

Also, you are still at -36 of the openssl packages, and -37 is the update
to be installed. Full Yum output tells whether anything strictly depends
on -36.fc19.x86_64 and blocks the x86_64 update from getting installed.
Sometimes it's a strict dependency, in other cases it's a duplicate install
of some package.