Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
Am 02.07.2015 um 20:08 schrieb John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com: On 7/2/2015 10:20 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep getting messages about updating something I don't have installed. Not installed packages are installed to resolve dependencies of packages that will be updated. its a broken repository and shouldn't be used.I know its broken but decided to use it anyways? maybe that warning should be made stronger. BTW - rfx tagged packages respectively the corresponding repo replaces distro packages. http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-list/2010-November/msg00096.html as Dag wrote: RPMForge is dead. http://lists.repoforge.org/pipermail/users/2014-May/029506.html The decision is yours. -- LF ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: OK, here ya go -- Obsoleting Packages perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates rpmforge née RepoForge is not being updated much anymore and is no longer a 'good' repository. for an example perl-IO-Compress hasn't been updated since 2012.anyways, perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 is part of base in el6. I would uninstall any packages you need that are from rpmforge, remove that repo from your repos.d and find equivalent packages in a better supported repository. this should list any RepoForge packages that are already installed on your system... rpm -qa |egrep \\.rf -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On 7/2/2015 10:20 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep getting messages about updating something I don't have installed. its a broken repository and shouldn't be used.I know its broken but decided to use it anyways? maybe that warning should be made stronger. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On 07/02/2015 03:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote: On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: OK, here ya go -- Obsoleting Packages perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates rpmforge née RepoForge is not being updated much anymore and is no longer a 'good' repository. for an example perl-IO-Compress hasn't been updated since 2012.anyways, perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 is part of base in el6. I would uninstall any packages you need that are from rpmforge, remove that repo from your repos.d and find equivalent packages in a better supported repository. this should list any RepoForge packages that are already installed on your system... rpm -qa |egrep \\.rf Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep getting messages about updating something I don't have installed. -- MzK We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo. -- David Letterman ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On 07/01/2015 02:12 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 7/1/2015 2:02 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a package I do not have installed. To make matters more confusing, when I actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a problem with the installation. Any tips on how to resolve this? Is this somehow caused by the repositories I have enabled? can you run in a shell window, sudo yum check-update and paste the output here ? otherwise we'd just be guessing whats going on. OK, here ya go -- Obsoleting Packages perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates -- MzK We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo. -- David Letterman * * English * Chinese (Simplified) * Chinese * German * Italian * Spanish * English * Chinese (Simplified) * Chinese * German * Italian * Spanish javascript:void(0); ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a package I do not have installed. To make matters more confusing, when I actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a problem with the installation. Any tips on how to resolve this? Is this somehow caused by the repositories I have enabled? -- MzK We can all sleep easy at night knowing that somewhere at any given time, the Foo Fighters are out there fighting Foo. -- David Letterman ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On 7/1/2015 2:02 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a package I do not have installed. To make matters more confusing, when I actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a problem with the installation. Any tips on how to resolve this? Is this somehow caused by the repositories I have enabled? can you run in a shell window, sudo yum check-update and paste the output here ? otherwise we'd just be guessing whats going on. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What causes phantom update nags?
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:02:26 -0700 Kay Schenk wrote: My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a package I do not have installed. What package? To make matters more confusing, when I actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a problem with the installation. What problem? Is this somehow caused by the repositories I have enabled? Perhaps but it's impossible to say without having more detailed information provided by you. What repositories do you have enabled? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
