On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 15:46 -0800, Yasha Karant wrote:
> I attempted to update a SL 7 system using the Add/Remove Software GUI 
> update feature.  The update fails with:
> 
> Test Transaction Errors:   file /sbin/extlinux from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/cat.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/chain.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/cmd.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/config.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
> syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64
>    file /boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32 from install of 
> syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux...
> 
> However, as there is no "find" command on the above GUI (unless it is a 
> control or escape sequence of which I am unaware), a visual scan of the 
> list of packages to be installed does not reveal any syslinux files, and 
> the GUI does not seem to show dependencies and/or additional files that 
> must be installed.  Do I manually use yum to remove the offending 
> syslinux file and then rerun the update or will this cripple the system 
> making the update impossible?
> 
> System information:
> 
> NAME="Scientific Linux"
> VERSION="7.0 (Nitrogen)"
> ID="rhel"
> ID_LIKE="fedora"
> VERSION_ID="7.0"
> PRETTY_NAME="Scientific Linux 7.0 (Nitrogen)"
> ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
> CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:GA"
> HOME_URL="http://www.scientificlinux.org//"
> BUG_REPORT_URL="[log in to unmask]"
> 
> REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux 7"
> REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0
> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux"
> REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0
> 
> from: /etc/os-release
> 
>   uname -a
> Linux [redacted] 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 11 15:55:14 CDT 
> 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> extlinux -v
> extlinux 4.05  Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al
> 
> syslinux -v
> syslinux 4.05  Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al
> 
> What other information do I need?
> 
> Yasha Karant

Hi,

You are trying to update with syslinux from RPM Forge (a third party
repo). Are you sure you want this package to try install?

Regards

Phil

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