[Yum] yum update fails: "elfutils-libs conflicts with elfutils <0.127-1"

[wu wei]

Hi Hiren, Hi Dave,

Many thanks for getting back to me.

On 6/12/07, Hiren Patel <patelhn at telkom.co.za> wrote:
>
> maybe post your yum configuration file and repository configurations to
> the list.
>
> you are completely sure that this is a fedora 6 machine?
> i would only imagine these kinds of problems when upgrading to far
> distance versions of packages, like fedora 6 trying to use a 7
> repository for updates or so.
>
> have there been any unusual configurations to yum, or the like?

I initialized the yum configuration with this command

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum  http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm

Which I got from the FC6 FAQ:

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware

The machine has now been rebuilt a couple of times with no success.
My best guess at the moment is that either
1) The FC6 image is corrupt
2) The yum configuration above is picking up an invalid repository

On 6/12/07, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> rpm -V yum fedora-release
>    and post the result if any.

[root at fc6_pristine ~]# rpm -V yum fedora-release
S.5....T c /etc/yum.conf
Unsatisfied dependencies for fedora-release-6-4.noarch:
fedora-release-notes >= 6

> yum -d 15 update audit
> and post the result.

[root at fc6_pristine ~]# yum -d 15 update audit
Yum Version: 3.0.3
COMMAND: yum -d 15
Installroot: /
Ext Commands:
   audit
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Setting up Package Sacks
Reading Local RPMDB
Building updates object
putting vim-minimal in complex update
putting python-elementtree in complex update
putting which in complex update
putting python-urlgrabber in complex update
putting passwd in complex update
putting cyrus-sasl-lib in complex update
putting iputils in complex update
putting libcap in complex update
putting audit in complex update
putting cracklib in complex update
putting openssl in complex update
putting fedora-logos in complex update
putting rpm-libs in complex update
putting elfutils-libs in complex update
putting man in complex update
putting libuser in complex update
putting beecrypt in complex update
putting libsemanage in complex update
putting e2fsprogs-libs in complex update
putting elfutils-libs in complex update
putting tcl in complex update
putting neon in complex update
putting libcap in complex update
putting beecrypt in complex update
putting popt in complex update
putting elfutils-libelf in complex update
putting nash in complex update
putting audit-libs in complex update
putting libattr in complex update
putting checkpolicy in complex update
putting gzip in complex update
putting rootfiles in complex update
putting pciutils in complex update
putting hdparm in complex update
putting ethtool in complex update
putting mkinitrd in complex update
putting openssh-server in complex update
putting libselinux-python in complex update
putting tcp_wrappers in complex update
putting udev in complex update
putting audit-libs-python in complex update
putting db4 in complex update
putting net-tools in complex update
putting bzip2-libs in complex update
putting ed in complex update
putting glib2 in complex update
putting hwdata in complex update
putting openssh-clients in complex update
putting selinux-policy in complex update
putting glibc in complex update
putting tcp_wrappers in complex update
putting openssh in complex update
putting tar in complex update
putting popt in complex update
putting libsepol in complex update
putting gdbm in complex update
putting gdbm in complex update
putting MAKEDEV in complex update
putting zlib in complex update
putting libsepol in complex update
putting module-init-tools in complex update
putting sqlite in complex update
putting grep in complex update
putting mingetty in complex update
putting pyxf86config in complex update
putting openldap in complex update
putting mkinitrd in complex update
putting mktemp in complex update
putting expat in complex update
putting openssl in complex update
putting sed in complex update
putting shadow-utils in complex update
putting rpm in complex update
putting psmisc in complex update
putting pam in complex update
putting cyrus-sasl-md5 in complex update
putting glibc-common in complex update
putting basesystem in complex update
putting pcre in complex update
putting newt in complex update
putting less in complex update
putting python in complex update
putting kbd in complex update
putting libtermcap in complex update
putting db4 in complex update
putting cpio in complex update
putting ncurses in complex update
putting libgcc in complex update
putting libacl in complex update
putting libattr in complex update
putting cyrus-sasl-lib in complex update
putting wget in complex update
putting fedora-release in complex update
putting sqlite in complex update
putting kpartx in complex update
putting glibc in complex update
putting e2fsprogs in complex update
putting libgcc in complex update
putting slang in complex update
putting authconfig in complex update
putting coreutils in complex update
putting libselinux in complex update
putting usermode in complex update
putting readline in complex update
putting device-mapper in complex update
putting libselinux in complex update
putting iproute in complex update
putting libacl in complex update
putting elfutils in complex update
putting tzdata in complex update
putting mcstrans in complex update
putting rpm-python in complex update
putting info in complex update
putting libxml2 in complex update
putting glib2 in complex update
putting glibc in complex update
putting findutils in complex update
putting chkconfig in complex update
putting cracklib-dicts in complex update
putting libstdc++ in complex update
putting bzip2 in complex update
putting expat in complex update
putting cyrus-sasl in complex update
putting libstdc++ in complex update
putting setup in complex update
putting zlib in complex update
putting openssl in complex update
putting krb5-libs in complex update
putting gawk in complex update
putting python-sqlite in complex update
putting cracklib in complex update
putting readline in complex update
putting policycoreutils in complex update
putting setools in complex update
putting openldap in complex update
putting rpm-libs in complex update
putting SysVinit in complex update
putting rhpl in complex update
putting tcl in complex update
putting yum in complex update
putting groff in complex update
putting ncurses in complex update
putting pcre in complex update
putting yum-metadata-parser in complex update
putting util-linux in complex update
putting libtermcap in complex update
putting wireless-tools in complex update
putting dmraid in complex update
putting pam in complex update
putting nano in complex update
putting audit-libs in complex update
putting neon in complex update
putting filesystem in complex update
putting selinux-policy-targeted in complex update
putting e2fsprogs-libs in complex update
putting cyrus-sasl-md5 in complex update
putting bash in complex update
putting krb5-libs in complex update
putting device-mapper in complex update
putting lvm2 in complex update
putting libuser in complex update
putting file in complex update
putting termcap in complex update
putting passwd in complex update
putting diffutils in complex update
putting initscripts in complex update
putting sysklogd in complex update
putting libxml2-python in complex update
putting dhclient in complex update
putting procps in complex update
processing vim-minimal
processing vim-minimal
processing python-elementtree
processing python-elementtree
processing which
processing which
processing python-urlgrabber
processing python-urlgrabber
processing passwd
processing passwd
processing cyrus-sasl-lib
processing cyrus-sasl-lib
processing iputils
processing iputils
processing libcap
processing libcap
processing audit
processing audit
processing cracklib
processing cracklib
processing openssl
processing openssl
processing fedora-logos
processing fedora-logos
processing rpm-libs
processing rpm-libs
processing elfutils-libs
processing elfutils-libs
processing man
processing man
processing libuser
processing libuser
processing beecrypt
processing beecrypt
processing libsemanage
processing libsemanage
processing e2fsprogs-libs
processing e2fsprogs-libs
processing elfutils-libs
processing elfutils-libs
processing tcl
processing neon
processing neon
processing libcap
processing libcap
processing beecrypt
processing beecrypt
processing popt
processing popt
processing elfutils-libelf
processing elfutils-libelf
processing nash
processing nash
processing audit-libs
processing audit-libs
processing libattr
processing libattr
processing checkpolicy
processing checkpolicy
processing gzip
processing gzip
processing rootfiles
processing rootfiles
processing pciutils
processing pciutils
processing hdparm
processing hdparm
processing ethtool
processing ethtool
processing mkinitrd
processing mkinitrd
processing openssh-server
processing openssh-server
processing libselinux-python
processing libselinux-python
processing tcp_wrappers
processing tcp_wrappers
processing udev
processing udev
processing audit-libs-python
processing audit-libs-python
processing db4
processing db4
processing net-tools
processing net-tools
processing bzip2-libs
processing bzip2-libs
processing ed
processing ed
processing glib2
processing glib2
processing hwdata
processing hwdata
processing openssh-clients
processing openssh-clients
processing selinux-policy
processing selinux-policy
processing glibc.i686
processing tcp_wrappers
processing tcp_wrappers
processing openssh
processing openssh
processing tar
processing tar
processing popt
processing popt
processing libsepol
processing libsepol
processing gdbm
processing gdbm
processing gdbm
processing gdbm
processing MAKEDEV
processing MAKEDEV
processing zlib
processing zlib
processing libsepol
processing libsepol
processing module-init-tools
processing module-init-tools
processing sqlite
processing sqlite
processing grep
processing grep
processing mingetty
processing mingetty
processing pyxf86config
processing pyxf86config
processing openldap
processing openldap
processing mkinitrd
processing mkinitrd
processing mktemp
processing mktemp
processing expat
processing expat
processing openssl
processing openssl
processing sed
processing sed
processing shadow-utils
processing shadow-utils
processing rpm
processing rpm
processing psmisc
processing psmisc
processing pam
processing pam
processing cyrus-sasl-md5
processing cyrus-sasl-md5
processing glibc-common
processing glibc-common
processing basesystem
processing basesystem
processing pcre
processing pcre
processing newt
processing newt
processing wireless-tools
processing wireless-tools
processing slang
processing slang
processing libxml2
processing libxml2
processing kernel-headers
processing kernel-headers
processing elfutils-libelf
processing elfutils-libelf
processing bzip2-libs
processing bzip2-libs
processing newt
processing newt
processing less
processing less
processing python
processing python
processing kbd
processing kbd
processing libtermcap
processing libtermcap
processing db4
processing db4
processing cpio
processing cpio
processing ncurses
processing ncurses
processing libgcc
processing libgcc
processing libacl
processing libacl
processing libattr
processing libattr
processing cyrus-sasl-lib
processing cyrus-sasl-lib
processing wget
processing wget
processing fedora-release
processing fedora-release
processing sqlite
processing sqlite
processing kpartx
processing kpartx
processing glibc.i686
processing e2fsprogs
processing e2fsprogs
processing libgcc
processing libgcc
processing slang
processing slang
processing authconfig
processing authconfig
processing coreutils
processing coreutils
processing libselinux
processing libselinux
processing usermode
processing usermode
processing readline
processing readline
processing device-mapper
processing device-mapper
processing libselinux
processing libselinux
processing iproute
processing iproute
processing libacl
processing libacl
processing elfutils
processing elfutils
processing tzdata
processing tzdata
processing mcstrans
processing mcstrans
processing rpm-python
processing rpm-python
processing info
processing info
processing libxml2
processing libxml2
processing glib2
processing glib2
processing glibc.i686
processing findutils
processing findutils
processing chkconfig
processing chkconfig
processing cracklib-dicts
processing cracklib-dicts
processing libstdc++
processing libstdc++
processing bzip2
processing bzip2
processing expat
processing expat
processing cyrus-sasl
processing cyrus-sasl
processing libstdc++
processing libstdc++
processing setup
processing setup
processing zlib
processing zlib
processing openssl
processing openssl
processing krb5-libs
processing krb5-libs
processing gawk
processing gawk
processing python-sqlite
processing python-sqlite
processing cracklib
processing cracklib
processing readline
processing readline
processing policycoreutils
processing policycoreutils
processing setools
processing setools
processing openldap
processing openldap
processing rpm-libs
processing rpm-libs
processing SysVinit
processing SysVinit
processing rhpl
processing rhpl
processing tcl
processing tcl
processing yum
processing yum
processing groff
processing groff
processing ncurses
processing ncurses
processing pcre
processing pcre
processing yum-metadata-parser
processing yum-metadata-parser
processing util-linux
processing util-linux
processing libtermcap
processing libtermcap
processing wireless-tools
processing wireless-tools
processing dmraid
processing dmraid
processing pam
processing pam
processing nano
processing nano
processing audit-libs
processing audit-libs
processing neon
processing neon
processing filesystem
processing filesystem
processing selinux-policy-targeted
processing selinux-policy-targeted
processing e2fsprogs-libs
processing e2fsprogs-libs
processing cyrus-sasl-md5
processing cyrus-sasl-md5
processing bash
processing bash
processing krb5-libs
processing krb5-libs
processing device-mapper
processing device-mapper
processing lvm2
processing lvm2
processing libuser
processing libuser
processing file
processing file
processing termcap
processing termcap
processing passwd
processing passwd
processing diffutils
processing initscripts
processing initscripts
processing sysklogd
processing sysklogd
processing libxml2-python
processing libxml2-python
processing dhclient
processing dhclient
processing procps
processing procps
Could not find update match for audit
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

> - exclude the problem packages for now:
> yum --exclude=audit --exclude=elfutils update
>
> - if still a problem: clear yum's metadata cache
> yum clean metadata dbcache
>
> if still a problem: tell yum to use a current mirror {that you need to
> find} backup the .repo so you can revert to it later.
> For the repo, you can add in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo :
>
> failovermethod=priority
> baseurl=http://youclosestmirror/p/f/u/6/i386/

I presently have no access to the machine as the vendor has taken
over.  I have forwarded the above and will post the results here.

Kind Regards,
Eric