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Re: Update problems persist (SL43 x86_64)
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Axel Thimm <[log in to unmask]>
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Axel Thimm <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Sep 2006 01:15:11 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:05:52PM -0500, Connie Sieh wrote:
> 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.

rpm automatically extracts the required python abi from packages with
python content and this is 2.3 for RHEL4/SL4. This isn't a choice the
upstream projects make, but more of the vendor. So these packages and
more are properly asking to find a RHEL4/SL4 compatible system which
one w/o python 2.3 is not anymore.

If Michael would try an rpm -Va on his system it would reveal all
now-broken python packages. yum only reveals those that are to be
installed/updated, e.g. just the tip of the iceberg.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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