Hi,
Well, it looks like I'm going to have to put out a version of yum with the 
"versionfix" plugin for SL5.  In summary, rpm is picking newer and older 
package names different than I expected.

According to rpm

<name>-1.el5.1 is newer than <name>-1.el5_x.1

which is backwards from what I was thought.  So all the checks that I did when 
looking for poorly named rpms in SL5, ... well ... I need to recheck them.

Anyway, expect a fix next week.  I'm sorry about this.

Troy

Troy J Dawson wrote:
> Hi I'm looking into this.
> Thanks for letting me know.
> Troy
> 
> Michael Mansour wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is a simple but very "funny" problem I'd just like to report.
>>>
>>> This has to do with the pcre package.
>>>
>>> I upgraded an SL 5.0 server to 5.1. I needed to install pcre-devel,
>>>  so using yum:
>>>
>>> # yum -y install pcre-devel
>>> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
>>> Setting up Install Process
>>> Setting up repositories
>>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>> Parsing package install arguments
>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>>> ---> Downloading header for pcre-devel to pack into transaction set.
>>> pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5_1.7. 100% |=========================|  10 kB
>>> 00:00
>>> ---> Package pcre-devel.i386 0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 set to be updated
>>> ---> Downloading header for pcre-devel to pack into transaction set.
>>> pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5_1.7. 100% |=========================|  10 kB
>>> 00:00
>>> ---> Package pcre-devel.x86_64 0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 set to be updated
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> --> Processing Dependency: pcre = 6.6-2.el5_1.7 for package: pcre-devel
>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>> Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
>>> Finished Kernel Module Plugin
>>> Error: Missing Dependency: pcre = 6.6-2.el5_1.7 is needed by package
>>> pcre-devel
>>>
>>> Ok, so what do I have installed:
>>>
>>> # yum list pcre\*
>>> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
>>> Setting up repositories
>>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>> Installed Packages
>>> pcre.x86_64                              6.6-2.el5.7            installed
>>> pcre.i386                                6.6-2.el5.7            installed
>>> Available Packages
>>> pcre.i386                                6.6-2.el5_1.7          sl-base
>>> pcre.x86_64                              6.6-2.el5_1.7          sl-base
>>> pcre-devel.x86_64                        6.6-2.el5_1.7          sl-base
>>> pcre-devel.i386                          6.6-2.el5_1.7          sl-base
>>>
>>> Ok, so I try to install from the SL5.1 tree manually:
>>>
>>> # rpm -Uvh
>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/SL/pcre-
>>> 6.6-2.el5_1.7.i386.rpm
>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/SL/pcre-
>>> 6.6-2.el5_1.7.x86_64.rpm Retrieving
>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/SL/pcre-
>>> 6.6-2.el5_1.7.i386.rpm Retrieving
>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/SL/pcre-
>>> 6.6-2.el5_1.7.x86_64.rpm warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.uTMUG9: Header
>>> V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a7048f8d Preparing...
>>> ########################################### [100%]        package
>>> pcre-6.6-2.el5.7 (which is newer than pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7) is already
>>> installed
>>>
>>> ie. I cannot install pcre-devel 6.6-2.el5.7 because that only exists
>>> in the SL
>>> 5.0 security area:
>>>
>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/
>>>
>>> and is not in 5.1 or in 5.2, and the pcre I have running in SL5.1 is
>>> actually not what it should be running (or not what SL5.1 or 5.2 is
>>> supposed to have installed), but the newer pcre from SL 5.0
>>>
>>> When I upgraded using yum from 5.0 to 5.1, the pcre wasn't
>>> "downgraded" to the older pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7 in SL5.1
>>>
>>> To resolve this, I just did:
>>>
>>> # rpm -Uvh
>>>
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5.7.x86_64.rpm
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5.7.i386.rpm
>> Retrieving
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5.7.x86_64.rpm
>> Retrieving
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5.7.i386.rpm
>> warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.7Z5m3A: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
>> 82fd17b2 Preparing...
>> ########################################### [100%]
>>>    1:pcre-devel
>>>  ########################################### [ 50%]
>>>    2:pcre-devel
>>>  ########################################### [100%]
>>>
>>> ie. installed the pcre-devel from SL 5.0 into the 5.1 environment.
>> The same issue also exists for the libpng-devel package:
>>
>> [root@ctapp1 php-4.4.9]# yum list libpng\*
>> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
>> Setting up repositories
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> Installed Packages
>> libpng.x86_64                            2:1.2.10-7.1.el5.1     installed
>> libpng.i386                              2:1.2.10-7.1.el5.1     installed
>> Available Packages
>> libpng.x86_64                            2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1   sl-base
>> libpng.i386                              2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1   sl-base
>> libpng-devel.x86_64                      2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1   sl-base
>> libpng-devel.i386                        2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1   sl-base
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael.


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