[Yum] problem with package depending on installonlypkgs

[Nerijus Baliunas]

Just for the list archives - yum 3.2.8 works correctly now.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:11:13 +0200 Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I added to /etc/yum.conf
> installonlypkgs=kernel-tuxonice kernel-tuxonice-devel
> 
> # rpm -qa|grep kernel|sort
> kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8
> kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8
> kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-49.fc8
> kernel-tuxonice-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> kernel-tuxonice-devel-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> 
> But yum update says:
> 
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 for package: kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> ---> Package kernel-tuxonice.i686 0:2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 set to be updated
> ---> Package kernel-tuxonice-devel.i686 0:2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> 
> It wants to update kernel-tuxonice and kernel-tuxonice-devel (at least
> it seems so for kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 package),
> which should be installed.
> 
> # rpm -q --requires kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> ...
> kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> ...
> 
> Now I remove kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 package and
> try to update again:
> 
> # rpm -e kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8
> # yum update
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kernel-tuxonice.i686 0:2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 set to be updated
> ---> Package kernel-tuxonice-devel.i686 0:2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  kernel-tuxonice         i686       2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8  atrpms             16 M
>  kernel-tuxonice-devel   i686       2.6.23.1-49_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8  atrpms            4.9 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      2 Package(s)         
> Update       0 Package(s)         
> Remove       0 Package(s)         
> 
> As you see, kernel-tuxonice and kernel-tuxonice-devel will be installed, not
> updated, as it should be because of installonlypkgs=kernel-tuxonice kernel-tuxonice-devel.
> But why kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.1-42_1.cubbi_tuxonice.fc8 package thinks that they
> will be updated, not installed?
> 
> Regards,
> Nerijus