[Yum] request clarification

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 11:14, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> Below is the output from the nightly cronjob on one of my hosts (truncated for brevity).  This host has a fairly recent install of yum.
> 
> What sort of work do I have ahead of me to rectify this?  (I should mention that apt-get has been a happy camper on this host.)
> 
> jc
> 
> ------------------- snip -------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cron Daemon [mailto:root at itdmll67.webdev.sprintspectrum.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:20 AM
> To: root at sprintspectrum.com
> Subject: Cron <root at itdmll67> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron:
> 
> conflict between perl and perl-NDBM_File
> conflict between initscripts and kbd
> package kbdconfig needs libnewt.so.0.50 (not provided)
> package mouseconfig needs libnewt.so.0.50 (not provided)
> package timeconfig needs libnewt.so.0.50 (not provided)
> package Xconfigurator needs libnewt.so.0.50 (not provided)
> package gnorpm needs librpm-4.0.4.so (not provided)
> package ucd-snmp needs librpm-4.0.4.so (not provided)
> package gnorpm needs librpmdb-4.0.4.so (not provided)
> package ucd-snmp needs librpmdb-4.0.4.so (not provided)
> package gnorpm needs librpmio-4.0.4.so (not provided)

1. what does your yum.conf look like?
2. what version of which distro is this system running
3. what command was that cron job invoking?

I'll need some more info.

-sv