On 31/10/12 09:14, Mark Stodola wrote:
> On 10/31/2012 07:59 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>> I have an NFS server running SL-6?. I don't know how to determine
>> the version? I installed it and have been using it without a hitch.
>>
>> This morning I ran yum update for the first time in months and after
>> downloading 90+ rpms it produced a long list of errors due to
>> conflicts, not what I expected?
>>
>> I don't usually have a keyboard and monitor attached to it, access
>> from a Fedora-17 box when necessary and that's how I did the yum
>> update this morning, via ssh. Due to ISP usage limits I need to do
>> the update in the wee hours, before 05:00.
>>
>> What have I done wrong?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> You'll need to provide more information.  What repositories are 
> enabled?  Do you have a sample of which packages are conflicting?
>
> -Mark
>

"What repositories are enabled?" I don't think I added any since 
installing SL.


"which packages are conflicting?" All 07 apparently.

Perhaps you can see something wrong in the following. I do this 
routinely with Fedora and it just works, but not via ssh?

    [root@192 bobg]# yum update
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
      * epel: dl.fedoraproject.org
      * rpmforge: ftp.lug.ro
      * rpmforge-extras: ftp.lug.ro
      * sl: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
      * sl-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
    Setting up Update Process
    Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check


    ---------------------  snip  -------------------

    (96/97):
    xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm                         |  12
    MB     00:06
    (97/97):
    yum-autoupdate-2-5.0.noarch.rpm                              |  26
    kB     00:00
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                                        837
    kB/s | 214 MB     04:21
    Running rpm_check_debug
    Running Transaction Test


    Transaction Check Error:
       file /sbin/extlinux from install of
    syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
    syslinux-extlinux-4.02-4.el6.x86_64
       file /boot/extlinux/cat.c32 from install of
    syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
    syslinux-extlinux-4.02-4.el6.x86_64

    -----------------  snip  -----------------

       file /boot/extlinux/vpdtest.c32 from install of
    syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
    syslinux-extlinux-4.02-4.el6.x86_64
       file /boot/extlinux/whichsys.c32 from install of
    syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
    syslinux-extlinux-4.02-4.el6.x86_64

    Error Summary
    -------------

Thanks,

Bob

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