On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Michael Malik wrote:

> For the freetype error with yumex, I have only selected the sl-base and 
> sl-errata, but at some time I must have used atrpms to install some 
> incompatible-with-everything and impossible-to-remove version of 
> freetype (note the conflicting packages end in .at).
> 
> As for the beecrypt/python problem, I am using yum from the terminal 
> (not yumex) and the default repo config supplied by SL43 (I made no 
> manual changes to repo config files).
> 
> Thanks.  -Michael
> 
> 
> Troy Dawson wrote:
> > 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

Decide which you want to use and delete the other one.

These are the kind of problems one gets into when you has multiple 
repositories with "overlapping" packages.

> >>
> >> (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
> > 
> > 
> 

RPM can request certain versions of packages.  The smart and "other" have 
requested python 2.3 .  You have to ask them about the python 2.3 vs 2.4 
issue.

-Connie Sieh