[Yum] Missing dependency for package "yum" !!!!

[Jeroen Janssen]

Hi,

If I remember correctly, fedora-development is switching to
python-2.5, but the yum package was not rebuild yet (so dependency
contained still python-2.4).

On 1/22/07, Kir Kolyshkin <kir at openvz.org> wrote:
> I just did the same on my FC6 system, i.e. upgraded yum to 3.0.3-1.fc6,
> without any problems. The only difference is I do not have
> fedora-development repo enabled -- perhaps this repo is causing problems
> for you.
>
> Another thing that you could try is rpm --rebuilddb.
>
> Schopf wrote:
> > I have a lot of repositories, but, for tests, I just left "fedora-core.repo" and "fedora-development.repo".
> >
> > rpm -q python:
> > python-2.4.4-1.fc6
> >
> >
> > rpm -q --provides
> >  python:
> > Distutils
> > _bisect.so
> > _bsddb.so
> > _codecs_cn.so
> > _codecs_hk.so
> > _codecs_iso2022.so
> > _codecs_jp.so
> > _codecs_kr.so
> > _codecs_tw.so
> > _csv.so
> > _curses_panel.so
> > _cursesmodule.so
> > _heapq.so
> > _hotshot.so
> > _japanese_codecs.so
> > _localemodule.so
> > _multibytecodecmodule.so
> > _randommodule.so
> > _socketmodule.so
> > _ssl.so
> > _testcapimodule.so
> > _weakref.so
> > arraymodule.so
> > audioop.so
> > binascii.so
> > bz2.so
> > cPickle.so
> > cStringIO.so
> > cmathmodule.so
> > collectionsmodule.so
> > cryptmodule.so
> > datetime.so
> > dbm.so
> > dlmodule.so
> > fcntlmodule.so
> > gdbmmodule.so
> > grpmodule.so
> > imageop.so
> > itertoolsmodule.so
> > libpython2.4.so.1.0
> > linuxaudiodev.so
> > mathmodule.so
> > md5module.so
> > mmapmodule.so
> > nismodule.so
> > operator.so
> > ossaudiodev.so
> > parsermodule.so
> > pyexpat.so
> > python(abi) = 2.4
> > python-abi = 2.4
> > python-optik = 1.4.1
> > python2 =
> >  2.4.4
> > readline.so
> > regex.so
> > resource.so
> > rgbimgmodule.so
> > selectmodule.so
> > shamodule.so
> > shmmodule.so
> > stropmodule.so
> > structmodule.so
> > syslog.so
> > termios.so
> > timemodule.so
> > timingmodule.so
> > unicodedata.so
> > xxsubtype.so
> > zlibmodule.so
> > python = 2.4.4-1.fc6
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Paulo
> >
> > >Well, you have a list of repositories defined in /etc/yum.repos.d/, and
> > >when you try to install something using yum, it gives a list of packages
> > >to install/upgrade/remove, together with the name of repos they come from.
> >
> > >About your problem -- what does 'rpm -q python' and 'rpm -q --provides
> > >python' shows you?
> >
> > >>Schopf wrote:
> > >>/ I dont know. How may I know that?
> > />>/
> > />>/
> > />>>/ seth vidal escreveu:
> > />>>/ On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 00:23 -0300, Schopf wrote:
> > />>>/
> > />>>/
> >  Hi.
> > />>>/
> > />>>/    A have a strange problem using yum. When I try "yum update" or "yum
> > />>>/ install anypackage", I get this mesage:
> > />>>/
> > />>>/ Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 is needed by package yum
> > />>>/
> > />>>/    I tried to put "exclude=yum" in yum.conf, but problem is still
> > />>>/ there.
> > />>>/
> > />>>/     One solution for this message should be uninstall the package and
> > />>>/ after "yum update", install it again. But the package is yum! If I
> > />>>/ uninstall yum, I cant use it, of course!
> > />>>/
> > />>>/     Im using Fedora Core 6, python-2.4.4-1.fc6 and yum-3.0.3-1.fc6
> > />>>/
> > />>>/     Any idea about it?
> > />>>/
> > />>/
> > />>/ Where's the yum update
> >  coming from?
> > />>/
> > />>/ -sv/
> >
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