Hi Michael,
Looking through this, it's hard for me to tell what repositories you are 
using, or if you are creating your own local repository.
What repositories are you using?
Troy

Michael Malik wrote:
> Here is a problem I have been experiencing for many weeks (see below), 
> waiting for perhaps a bug fix or newer version of one of the update 
> applications.  I have tried to resolve this with apt-get, yum, and smart 
> -- none have worked for me.  I can't see why the new packages require 
> python 2.3 when I have python 2.4 installed -- is there no backward 
> compatibility built into python24?
> 
> I am also getting errors when trying to update freetype: it indicates 
> that while a newer version is available, it conflicts with the old 
> version and so any newer applications which need freetype = (something I 
> can't get) the update/install will fail for those as well.  Is there any 
> way to force the new freetype, ignoring conflicts, or is that just a bad 
> idea?  Anyway, here's the yumex error related to freetype:
> 
> /nTransaction Check Error:   file /usr/lib/libttf.so.2.3.0 from install 
> of freetype-2.1.9-4.el4 conflicts with file from package 
> libttf2-2.1.9-1_4.el4.at
>   file /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.7 from install of 
> freetype-2.1.9-4.el4 conflicts with file from package 
> libfreetype6-2.1.9-1_4.el4.at
> 
> (Also note the error in the text message that yumex provides:  there 
> should not be a "/n" in the beginning, where it appears that the author 
> intended to tell some C compiler to begin a new line, but somehow was 
> taken as actual text.  This appears on every debug message I get from 
> yumex, which is no big deal but would be nicer without it).
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Here's the output related to the python problem:
> 
> # yum update beecrypt
> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package beecrypt.x86_64 0:4.1.2-10.1_13.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package beecrypt.i386 0:4.1.2-10.1_13.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: rpm-build
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: rpm-libs
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: apt
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: libbeecrypt.so.6()(64bit) for package: net-snmp
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.4.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package libbeecrypt6.x86_64 0:4.1.2-10.1_13.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package apt.x86_64 1:0.5.15lorg3.2-67.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package rpm-devel.x86_64 0:4.4.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmio-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2 for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmio-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: apt
> --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.3.3-13_nonptl for package: rpm-python
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmbuild-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmdb-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmdb-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-build
> --> Processing Dependency: apt = 0.5.15lorg3.2-1.el4.rf for package: 
> apt-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmbuild-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: 
> rpm-build
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmio-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: apt
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmdb-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: apt
> --> Processing Dependency: neon-devel for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm4.4 = 4.4.2 for package: rpm
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmdb-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-build
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm4.4 = 4.4.2 for package: rpm-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmio-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm-build
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm-4.4.so()(64bit) for package: rpm
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package neon-devel.x86_64 0:0.24.7-5.99_3.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package apt-devel.x86_64 1:0.5.15lorg3.2-67.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package popt.x86_64 0:1.10.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package librpm4.4.x86_64 0:4.4.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2-15.1_58.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmio-4.3.so()(64bit) for package: net-snmp
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: rpm-python
> --> Processing Dependency: librpmdb-4.3.so()(64bit) for package: net-snmp
> --> Processing Dependency: librpm-4.3.so()(64bit) for package: net-snmp
> --> Processing Dependency: neon = 0.24.7-5.99_3.el4.at for package: 
> neon-devel
> --> Processing Dependency: rpmmodule.so()(64bit) for package: smart
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package librpm4.3.x86_64 0:4.3.3-8_41.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package neon.x86_64 0:0.24.7-5.99_3.el4.at set to be updated
> ---> Package smart.x86_64 0:0.42-36.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: rpm-python
> --> Processing Dependency: smart-config for package: smart
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: smart
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package atrpms-package-config.x86_64 0:110-1.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: rpm-python
> --> Processing Dependency: /usr/lib/yum-plugins/kmdl.py for package: 
> atrpms-package-config
> Importing Additional filelist information for dependency resolution
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: smart
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package yum-plugin-kmdl.noarch 0:0.2-3.el4.at set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: rpm-python
> --> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 for package: smart
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 is needed by package 
> rpm-python
> Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.3 is needed by package smart
> 
> Thanks for your help!  -Michael


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