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

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 17:37 +1000, Menno Smits wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> >>
> >>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)?
> > 
> > 
> > Check out from cvs and tell me if this 'fixes' the problem you're
> > seeing.
> > 
> 
> Hrrmmm... different but not "fixed" :)
> 
> 
> # 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
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 226 kB    00:04
> MD Read   : ################################################## 675/675
> 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
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: libiw.so.27 is needed by package NetworkManager
> 
> 
> I don't think the repodata has changed and I don't use mirrors so I 
> assume this related to the change you made...

Right - but it';s an unresolveable situation.

The system wants to update to the new wireless tools.

the new wireless tools does not provide libiw.so.27

NetworkManager requires it.

There's no way to install both.

so it unresolveable.

-sv