Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> % ls -1 48/x86_64/SL/RPMS/curl*
> 48/x86_64/SL/RPMS/curl-7.12.1-11.1.1.i386.rpm
> 48/x86_64/SL/RPMS/curl-7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm
> 48/x86_64/SL/RPMS/curl-devel-7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm
> % ls -1 48/x86_64/errata/SL/RPMS/curl*
> 48/x86_64/errata/SL/RPMS/curl-7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
> 48/x86_64/errata/SL/RPMS/curl-7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
> 48/x86_64/errata/SL/RPMS/curl-devel-7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
>
> Could you fix the version of curl.i386 in the base repo? Yum thinks it's
> newer than 7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 .
>
> Thanks,
> 	Stephan
>

yes, I see the same problem when updating a SL48 x86_64 system. I have
installed curl-devel.x86_64, curl.i386 and curl.x86_64.


# yum -y update
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 python.x86_64 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 set to be updated
---> Package curl-devel.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 set to be updated
---> Package tkinter.x86_64 0:2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 set to be updated
---> Package jwhois.x86_64 0:3.2.2-15.el4.sl4.1 set to be updated
---> Package curl.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
Finished Kernel Module Plugin

Dependencies Resolved

 ============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
 ============================================================================
Updating:
 curl                    x86_64     7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 
sl-errata         233 k
 curl-devel              x86_64     7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 
sl-errata         259 k
 jwhois                  x86_64     3.2.2-15.el4.sl4.1 
sl-errata          80 k
 python                  x86_64     2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 
sl-errata         5.0 M
 python-devel            x86_64     2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 
sl-errata         1.4 M
 tkinter                 x86_64     2.3.4-14.7.el4_8.2 
sl-errata         276 k

Transaction Summary
 ============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       6 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 7.2 M
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Check Error:   package curl-7.12.1-11.1.1 (which is newer
than curl-7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1) is already installed


I know how to solve it

# rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches curl curl-devel
# yum install curl curl-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.
---> Package curl.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for curl to pack into transaction set.
curl-7.12.1-11.1.1.i386.r 100% |=========================|  10 kB    00:00
---> Package curl.i386 0:7.12.1-11.1.1 set to be updated
---> Package curl-devel.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
Finished Kernel Module Plugin

Dependencies Resolved

 ============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
 ============================================================================
Installing:
 curl                    x86_64     7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 
sl-errata         233 k
 curl                    i386       7.12.1-11.1.1    sl-base           230 k
 curl-devel              x86_64     7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 
sl-errata         259 k

Transaction Summary
 ============================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 723 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): curl-7.12.1-11.1.1 100% |=========================| 230 kB    00:01
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: curl                         ######################### [1/3]
  Installing: curl                         ######################### [2/3]
  Installing: curl-devel                   ######################### [3/3]

Installed: curl.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1 curl.i386 0:7.12.1-11.1.1
curl-devel.x86_64 0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_8.1
Complete!


Cheers,

    Urs