On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Arnau Bria wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've looking for list archives but I didn't find the link. Sorry in
> advance if someone already asked about this.
>
>
> I find some strange dependency resolution on our nodes (sl5.3).
> When I try to install numpy I get the error:
>
> #yum -y install numpy
> [...]
> Package numpy is obsoleted by python-numeric, trying to install
> python-numeric-23.1-0.2.el5.rf.x86_64 instead Package matching
> python-numeric-23.1-0.2.el5.rf.x86_64 already installed. Checking for
> update. [...]

Hmm. I have a newer python-numeric (not python-numpy):

# rpmquery -i python-numeric
Name        : python-numeric               Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 23.7                              Vendor: Scientific Linux
Release     : 2.2.2                         Build Date: Sat 07 Apr 2007 
23:08:22 BST
Install Date: Mon 16 Mar 2009 11:59:23 GMT      Build Host: norob.fnal.gov
Group       : Development/Languages         Source RPM: 
python-numeric-23.7-2.2.2.src.rpm
Size        : 1937892                          License: Python
URL         : http://numpy.sourceforge.net
Summary     : Numerical Extension to Python
Description :
Numeric is a python module that provides support for numerical
operations.

I see that your package python-numeric-23.1-0.2.el5.rf.x86_64
has rf in the releae. Is it from rpmforge ?

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