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Re: Trying to update firefox
From:
Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:54:16 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Steven J. Yellin wrote:

>     "yum update" on an i386 SL305 machine fails with
> 
> "
> Resolving dependencies
> ....Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package firefox needs desktop-file-utils >= 0.9, this is not available.
> "
> 
> The computer now has desktop-file-utils-0.3-10.
> In /etc/yum.conf are lines
> 
> [sl305errata]
> name=SL 305 errata
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/305/$basearch/errata/SL/RPMS/
> 
> Steven Yellin
> 

That is what can happen when you bring a product released for a newer 
distro back to a older distro.  I will see what I can do about getting a 
newer version of desktop-file-utils.

-connie

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