Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-19 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 23:34 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: John Reiser wrote: Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the tools check

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-19 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: AFAICS the real problem here is that an update got unpushed. It seems like Richard got the 64-bit version of libvirt -3 installed, then the -3 update got unpushed, then something wanted to install the 32-bit version of libvirt. Obviously, since the update had been

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-19 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 17:14 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: Adam Williamson wrote: AFAICS the real problem here is that an update got unpushed. It seems like Richard got the 64-bit version of libvirt -3 installed, then the -3 update got unpushed, then something wanted to install the 32-bit

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-19 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: Um...no? The case listed *below* would be, but updates-testing doesn't seem particularly relevant to the above case. If updates-testing didn't exist at all, you'd still have the potential of this problem happening if updates could be unpushed. Stable updates cannot be

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-06 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:34:29PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: John Reiser wrote: Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the tools

[Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd [... yum spew deleted ...] Error: Protected multilib

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread drago01
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Richard W.M. Jones rjo...@redhat.com wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread drago01
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:41 PM, drago01 drag...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Richard W.M. Jones rjo...@redhat.com wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 01:23:28PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:13:34PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 01:23:28PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread John Reiser
# yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 What does the error mean? ... Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package dependencies which are [or become]

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread M A Young
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd [... yum

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:32:47AM -0700, John Reiser wrote: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 What does the error mean? ... Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Till Maas
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:54:36PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: Is there any information about when this should be used? I don't think I've ever written a spec file that uses it. I think it is whenever a package containing a library (i.e. a multilib package) is required via the package's

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Miloslav Trmač
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Richard W.M. Jones rjo...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:32:47AM -0700, John Reiser wrote: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 What

Re: [Repost] What is Error: Protected multilib versions

2012-04-05 Thread Kevin Kofler
John Reiser wrote: Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the tools check for it, which is another bug^Wopportunity for enhancement.

What is Error: Protected multilib versions: ...?

2011-09-04 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
I get this error all the time, but I can't find a coherent explanation for what it means. What is the precise meaning of the protected multilib versions error? # yum install /lib/ld-linux.so.2 [...] Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.14.90-4.i686 != glibc-2.14.90-1.x86_64 # yum

Re: What is Error: Protected multilib versions: ...?

2011-09-04 Thread Niels de Vos
And now to the list as well... On 4 Sep 2011 10:01, Niels de Vos ni...@nixpanic.net wrote: On 4 Sep 2011 09:45, Richard W.M. Jones rjo...@redhat.com wrote: I get this error all the time, but I can't find a coherent explanation for what it means. What is the precise meaning of the protected

Re: What is Error: Protected multilib versions: ...?

2011-09-04 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Richard W.M. Jones writes: glibc-common-2.14.90-4.x86_64 glibc-common-2.14.90-1.x86_64 This means that rpm/yum aborted in a middle of a upgrade. You should clean this up using rpm -e glibc-common-2.14.90-1.x86_64 pgpf62s8f7GEk.pgp Description: PGP signature -- devel mailing list