[ATrpms-users] Re: yum upgrade on FC2

[Michael Mansour]

Hi Axel,

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 06:50:59PM +1000, Michael Mansour wrote:
> > Hi Axel,
> > > Yes, looks like a familar bug where yum would mask off some packages,
> > > e.g. in this case beecrypt-4.1.2 and a new up2date.
> > 
> > The version that's used on that FC2 machine is:
> > 
> > yum-2.0.7-3.1.fc.fr
> > 
> > > The easiest way to upgrade such a version of yum is to use apt or
> > > smart ...
> > 
> > Hmm.. I thought you may say that. I'm a bit reluctant to "learn" another
> > packager,
> 
> You don't need to, just use it for upgrading yum, and go on using the
> newer yum.
> 
> > which is why I've stayed with yum for so long. There's no other way
> > to fix this? maybe manually downloading the RPM's and forcing the
> > yum installation?
> 
> Yes, manually downloading and installing is also "another depsolver
> for upgrading yum", which involves rpm and your brains :)
> 
> > I doubt I even use beecrypt and definately don't use up2date, so why not just
> > remove those RPMs and then try?
> 
> beecrypt is used by rpm.

Go figure, I tried it again and again multiple times, until it worked:

# yum -y install yum
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - ATrpms
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
Server: Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
Server: Extra Fedora rpms dries - 2 - i386
Server: FreshRPMS Repository for Fedora Core
Server: Fedora Legacy utilities for Fedora Core 2
Server: Fedora Core 2 NewRPMS.sunsite.dk
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
...Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[install: yum 2.3.4-62.rhfc2.at.i386]
I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies:
[deps: libxml2_2 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: rpm-build 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: librpm4.4 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: popt 1.10.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: neon 0.24.7-2.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: libbeecrypt6 4.1.2-8_9.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: atrpms-package-config 102-1.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: libxml2 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: python-elementtree 1.2.6-3.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: libxml2-python 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: rpm 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: rpm-python24 4.4.1-22_6.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: python-urlgrabber 2.9.6-0.99_1.rhfc2.at.noarch]
[deps: libxml2-python24 2.6.19-1_21.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: python-sqlite 1.1.6-0.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: sqlite 3.1.2-2.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: rpm-python 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386]
[deps: libxml2-devel 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386]
Downloading Packages
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
popt 100 % done 1/27
libbeecrypt6 100 % done 2/27
libxml2_2 100 % done 3/27
sqlite 100 % done 4/27
neon 100 % done 5/27
librpm4.4 100 % done 6/27
rpm 100 % done 7/27
libxml2 100 % done 8/27
libxml2-python 100 % done 9/27
libxml2-python24 100 % done 10/27
rpm-python24 100 % done 11/27
rpm-python 100 % done 12/27
python-sqlite 100 % done 13/27
python-urlgrabber 100 % done 14/27
python-elementtree 100 % done 15/27
warning: /etc/yum.conf created as /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew
atrpms-package-config 100 % done 16/27
yum 100 % done 17/27
rpm-build 100 % done 18/27
libxml2-devel 100 % done 19/27
Completing update for yum  - 20/27
Completing update for rpm-build  - 21/27
Completing update for popt  - 22/27
Completing update for libxml2  - 23/27
Completing update for libxml2-python  - 24/27
Completing update for rpm  - 25/27
Completing update for rpm-python  - 26/27
Completing update for libxml2-devel  - 27/27
Installed:  yum 2.3.4-62.rhfc2.at.i386
Dep Installed:  libxml2_2 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386 rpm-build
4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386 librpm4.4 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386 popt
1.10.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386 neon 0.24.7-2.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386 libbeecrypt6
4.1.2-8_9.rhfc2.at.i386 atrpms-package-config 102-1.rhfc2.at.i386 libxml2
2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386 python-elementtree 1.2.6-3.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386
libxml2-python 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386 rpm 4.4.1-22_49.rhfc2.at.i386
rpm-python24 4.4.1-22_6.rhfc2.at.i386 python-urlgrabber
2.9.6-0.99_1.rhfc2.at.noarch libxml2-python24 2.6.19-1_21.rhfc2.at.i386
python-sqlite 1.1.6-0.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386 sqlite 3.1.2-2.99_1.rhfc2.at.i386
rpm-python 4.4.1-22_
49.rhfc2.at.i386 libxml2-devel 2.6.19-1_20.rhfc2.at.i386
Transaction(s) Complete

Michael.