I've rebuilt the metadata in the repository, can I have you run a yum
clean all and try the update again?
Not sure how it got out of sorts, but my tests here show it working as
expected.
Pat
On 01/13/2012 10:30 AM, Kevin Wood wrote:
> I'm having the same problem. Running yum info cracklib shows that I
> have the x86_64 version installed from repo
> anaconda-ScientificLinux-201103021619.x86_64, which I'm guessing is
> the DVD install media.
>
> I tried uninstalling the installed version, but it would uninstall
> 650+ dependencies. I was able to yum reinstall it, but can't get the
> i686 version to install without throwing the error. And updating the
> x86_64 version requires the i686 version as a dependency, despite not
> being on the system already.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Eve V. E. Kovacs <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* zxq9 <[log in to unmask]>
> *Cc:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 13, 2012 11:02 AM
> *Subject:* Re: cracklib dependency problem
>
> Sorry, apparently I wasn't clear on the fact that the system does NOT
> have cracklib.i686 installed at present. It is yum that is trying to
> install it, along with cracklib.x6_64. This is odd. I would think that
> I would only need one or the other, and in my case that would be the
> x86_64 version. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior.
> BTW, apparently this is an issue for SL6.0 only. I checked wth someone
> who has SL6.1 and for them, the yum updare went smoothly.
> Eve
>
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, zxq9 wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:47:20 +0900
> > From: zxq9 <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: cracklib dependency problem
> >
> > On 01/13/2012 08:16 AM, Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:
> >> I am getting the following error when yum tries to do
> >> the nightly update on an SL6 system:
> >>
> >> Transaction Check Error:
> >> file /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/cracklib.mo conflicts between
> >> attempted installs of cracklib-2.8.16-2.el6.i686 and
> >> cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.x86_64
> >> file /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/cracklib.mo conflicts between
> >> attempted installs of cracklib-2.8.16-2.el6.i686 and
> >> cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.x86_64
> >>
> >> The dependencies are messed up.
> >> Does anyone know how to resolve this?
> >
> > Have you tried rebuilding your rpm database (rpm --rebuilddb)?
> Usually I get pretty good luck with trying that before anything else.
> >
> > The second place to look would be to see if you really need both
> i686 and x86_64. If you don't have anything that depends on i686 you
> could safely remove it (this is likely, but check before you do anything).
> >
> > And... beyond that the cracklib package specs would need to be
> checked to see why these two versions of the same package are trying
> to override each other like that. These are only language translation
> files -- so its really not a big deal if you let one squish the other
> (it is extremely likely they are identical), but the spec should
> already be written that way to begin with. Specifically, if they
> really are different they should be installed to different locations,
> and if they are idential then they should be in a separate
> common-dependency noarch package or take another route to avoid a
> conflict. If this paragraph just confuses you then don't bother with
> specs unless you have some time on your hands, though.
> >
> > Hope this helped more than confused.
> >
>
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