[Yum] Re: dependency loop exceeded

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 18:01, Nick Marsh wrote:
> See below...
> 
> # yum -y update XFree86-\*
> Gathering package information from servers
> Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 base
> Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 8.0 updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Resolving dependencies
> .conflict between XFree86-libs and XFree86
> 
> 
> # rpm -q yum
> yum-1.0.3-1_80
> 
> # rpm -q rpm
> rpm-4.1-1.06
> 

hmm a Conflict.
How odd.

run this:
rpm -Va --nofiles --nomd5

just to see if it prints out any existent problems in your rpmdb.

-sv