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Re: missing glibc-devel
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:27:17 -0500
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Franchisseur Robert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I cannot install glibc-devel.i386 under SL5.5 on x86_64 machines.
> (no problem under SL 5.4)
> 
> #### bunker:{root}:/home/bob > yum install glibc-devel 
> ...
> glibc-devel-2.5-42.i386 from sl-base has depsolving problems
>   --> Missing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.5-42 is needed by package glibc-devel-2.5-42.i386 (sl-base)
> glibc-devel-2.5-42.i386 from sl-base has depsolving problems
>   --> Missing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-42 is needed by package glibc-devel-2.5-42.i386 (sl-base)
> ...
> 
> 
> I don't understand why it is looking for 2.5-42  as there is 2.5-49 in the repo.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 

Hello,
The odds are that you have more than one glibc-devel (or some other 
glibc package) installed, and I mean more than one per arch.

Do an

   rpm -qa | grep glibc | sort

Troy
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