[ATrpms-users] Can't upgrade to ivtv-1.2.0-140.fc8

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:30:52PM -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>> Could someone please explain to me what the difference is between 
>> video4linux and video4linux-ivtv stuff please?
> 
> video4linux was split between a package of the same name and the ivtv
> components so people could choose where to get ivtv from (while the
> same author, ivtv from ivtvdriver.org and v4l were really desynced and
> sometimes one would be better than the other).
> 
> These days you should preferably use what the kernel >= 2.6.26 ships
> with.

I was under the impression that the ivtv package contained the user 
utilities, and that the ivtv-kmdls contained the PVR-350 framebuffer 
stuff, and that I was using the ivtv driver proper from the installed 
kernel.  Am I wrong?

>> And does it have anything to do with why I can't update my F8 system 
>> with the new ivtv-1.2.0-140:
> 
>>> Transaction Check Error:
>>>   file /lib/modules/2.6.25.14-69.fc8/updates/drivers/media/video/saa717x.ko from install of ivtv-kmdl-2.6.25.14-69.fc8-1.2.0-140.fc8.i686 conflicts with file from package video4linux-kmdl-2.6.25.14-69.fc8-20080622-86.fc8.i686
> 
> See above, you can't have both. There should probably be an explicit
> package level conflict to document this.

But, how do I fix this?

yum check-update tells me that an update of ivtv is waiting.  From what 
I can see, I have ivtv-fedora installed on my system (from the version 
number).  I have no idea why it is installed vs the "regular" ivtv, but 
it is.  yum want to update it with the "regular" ivtv.  I have had no 
problems updating this in the past, but now I do.  Why?  And how do I 
fix this?  Please note that I did not try and install ivtv-kmdl in my 
update, I believe that the yum-plugin-kmdl is trying to install it for me.

(Maybe its just the software engineer in me wanting to understand what 
is broken, and why is it broken, so I can fix it correctly.)

Thanks!

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Kevin J. Cummings
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