[Yum] problems ugrading perl package

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 16:22 -0400, Anne Ramey wrote:
> I'm trying to install/run amavisd-new.  I've installed everything it 
> resolved as a dependancy with yum, but when I run it it says it needs 
> perl-Archive-Zip 1.14 and yum had installed 1.12.  So I go and find the 
> 1.14 rpm, and try and install it.  It says I need 
> perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.6) but I can't seem to find this package.
> 
> This is the perl I have installed:
> perl.x86_64                              3:5.8.5-12.FC3        installed 
> 
> and this is what's available through my yum repos:
> perl.x86_64                              3:5.8.5-14.FC3 updates-released
> 
> Does this mean that I can't run the recent amavisd_new on x86_64 fc3?

it means that the amavisd_new package requires a newer perl than is
available, it seems.

So, yes, you can't run it unless you find something providing that
dependency.

Ask the provider of the amavisd_new package where that dep should be
filled from.

-sv