[ATrpms-users] problem with smart and nvidia?

[john bray]

On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 20:10 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 12:45:10PM -0500, john bray wrote:
> > smart keeps trying to play with nvidia packages in a strange way.  i
> > cant' quite figure out what's going on.  i blew away the smart cache and
> > xml in /var/lib/smart and forced it to do all up new.  and nothing
> > changed.
> > 
> > here's what i currently have installed:
> > 
> > [root at junior alsa]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia
> > nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.14-15.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics8774-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics8774-libs-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics-1.0.8774-13.at
> > nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics8774-devel-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> > nvidia-graphics-devel-1.0.8774-13.at
> > 
> > 
> > but smart keeps wanting to:
> > 
> > upgrade to nvidia-graphics-legacy-devel 2:1.0.7184-13.at 
> >  from  nvidia-graphics8774-devel 1:1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> 
> Hm, that's not the desired behaviour, but it turns out to be the
> expected (e.g. bug in Obsoletes)

<big huge grin> heheh!  said ole jmb feeling soooo relieved that he
hadn't done something just really dumb!  and then completely missed it
when he investigated.
> 
> > what am i missing?
> 
> Nothing, these Obsoletes should better become Conflicts. The best
> workaround for now is to remove nvidia*-devel packages
> altogether. They are only needed for rebuilding mplayer, so unless you
> need to build against nvidia libs you can safely remove them.

done.  and it solved it.  don't need to do mplayer just now.  

thanks axel!  send me a photograph, and i'll officially add you to my
wall of heros!  :-)

john
-- 
cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.