Bill Watson wrote:
# rpm -qa | grep xen
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.el5
xen-3.0.3-25.el5
kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.el5
xen-libs-3.0.3-25.el5
xen-libs-3.0.3-25.el5
#
I see 3 instances if the same exact xen filename. I see 2 different ones of
kernel-xen, but the system wasn't complaining about those AFAIK.
So it 'appears' that the xen-libs that the Updater is worried about exist 2
times already.
Another guru penned to do a yum clean all, and a yum update. This failed
similarly as follows after my sig:
Bill Watson
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] mqueue]# yum clean all
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Cleaning up Everything
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mqueue]# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.3 MB 00:04
################################################## 4083/4083 Resolving
Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for xen-libs to pack into transaction set.
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i38 100% |=========================| 29 kB 00:00
---> Package xen-libs.i386 0:3.0.3-41.el5 set to be updated Downloading
---> header for xen-libs to pack into transaction set.
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.x86 100% |=========================| 29 kB 00:00
---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:3.0.3-41.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 for package: xen
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mqueue]#
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sharpe, Sam J
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:25 PM
To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list
Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Software Updater xen problem
On 15 Nov 2007, at 23:14, Bill Watson wrote:
When I run Software Updater on a virgin EL5 system, there is one
package it
fails on. The Updater says:
Unable to resolve dependencies for some packages selected for
installation.
Missing Dependency: xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen
Any chance of getting this library included? (Preferably where it
belongs in
the RH pile of stuff!)
If I had to bet, I'd say it is included, although I haven't bothered
checking. If I were that betting man, I think you might have the same
problem I've been noticing sporadically where I get two versions of a
package installed at the same time (as if it's tried to update but
forgotten to erase the old version) through some fault of Yum. e.g.
xen-3.0.3-25.el5
xen-3.0.3-28.el5
1x32-bit
1x64-bit
I was just asking about this architecture stuff on fedora.
rpm -qa --qf '%{name} %{arch}\n' '*xen*'
This is good too:
yum list installed '*xen*'
Then when it tries to update xen-libs, it won't be able to uninstall
the old version because xen-3.0.3-25.el5 is installed and it's not
allowed to remove the old xen-libs as a dependency.
See if you have multiple versions of Xen installed ("rpm -qa | grep
xen"). Typically you'll see the new and old versions of xen, but only
the old version of xen-libs. Delete the old xen (rpm -e
xen-3.0.3-25.0.4.el5) and then "yum update xen-libs")
if you don't care for i386 stuff, try this:
yum remove '*.?86'
Be aware that saying "yes" to this may cause serious breakage:-)
If you really don't care for i386 stuff, install yum-basearchonly
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John
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