[Yum] groupupdate code in 2.3.4 not resolving dependancies?

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Tue Aug 23 20:49:44 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 12:22 -0700, Peter C. Norton wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 03:16:45PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 12:11 -0700, Peter C. Norton wrote:
> > > In 2.3.4, when I have an already-installed package that satisfies a
> > > dependancy, and I try to upgrade packages, I'm getting a missing
> > > dependancy. Specifically this is a file dependancy on
> > > /opt/perl/5.8.0/bin/perl (I've got an outdated package that depends on
> > > a perl in this path, and I've got a dummy package that satisfies this
> > > dependancy by installing a wrapper.
> > > 
> > > Has this behaviour been seen before? If more information is required
> > > please let me know.
> > 
> > you wouldn't happen to be using that through the yum shell in 2.3.4,
> > would you?
> 
> No, 
> 
> # yum groupupdate <GROUP>
> 
> fails, while
> 
> # yum groupremove <GROUP>
> # yum groupupdate <GROUP>
> 
> works.
> 
> I'm having some trouble narrowing down exactly what's going on now,
> though.  
> 
> If this is fixed in 2.4.0, or you suspect it is, I will upgrade.
> 

Can you do two things:
1. run a yum -d5 groupupdate <GROUP> and save the output to a file then
post a link to that file to this list OR file a bug and put the data in
a bug report

2. run a yum -d5 groupremove <GROUP>; yum -d5 groupupdate <GROUP> where
it works and save that output.

thanks,
-sv





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