[Yum-devel] Packages depending on an older version of themselves

[Menno Smits]

Hi all,

I'm currently seeing a problem when a package seems to depend on an 
older version of itself. Yum appears to do the right thing until the 
time comes to run the transaction.

Here's the session:


# yum update wireless-tools
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repos
core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
dag                       100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
freshrpms                 100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
pre-extras                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
core      : ################################################## 2622/2622
dag       : ################################################## 1639/1639
livna     : ################################################## 131/131
updates   : ################################################## 514/514
freshrpms : ################################################## 470/470
pre-extras: ################################################## 675/675
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
   Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:28-0.pre4.1.fc3 - updates

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
   Update: wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.2 - core
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:   package wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.3 (which is 
newer than wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2) is already installed
   file /sbin/ifrename conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwconfig conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwevent conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwgetid conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwlist conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwpriv conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /sbin/iwspy conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/include/iwlib.h conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/include/wireless.h conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/lib/libiw.so conflicts between attempted installs of 
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man5/iftab.5.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man8/ifrename.8.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwconfig.8.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwevent.8.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwgetid.8.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
   file /usr/share/man/man8/iwspy.8.gz conflicts between attempted 
installs of wireless-tools-27-0.pre25.2 and wireless-tools-28-0.pre4.1.fc3
#


Is this a problem with the package or is there something yum could be 
doing better (install the older package first, then install the new 
package)?

Menno


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