Hello all,

Trying to update to recent kernel, in the list of updated package
there are 4 device-mapper updated packages and it looks like that
the new device-mapper-event.x86_64 0:1.02.117-12.el6 conflicts with
the installed lvm2-libs-2.02.100-8.el6.x86_64 :


yum update
Loaded plugins: priorities, security
Setting up Update Process
715 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package device-mapper.x86_64 0:1.02.79-8.el6 will be updated
---> Package device-mapper.x86_64 0:1.02.117-12.el6 will be an update
---> Package device-mapper-event.x86_64 0:1.02.79-8.el6 will be updated
---> Package device-mapper-event.x86_64 0:1.02.117-12.el6 will be an update
---> Package device-mapper-event-libs.x86_64 0:1.02.79-8.el6 will be updated
---> Package device-mapper-event-libs.x86_64 0:1.02.117-12.el6 will be 
an update
---> Package device-mapper-libs.x86_64 0:1.02.79-8.el6 will be updated
---> Package device-mapper-libs.x86_64 0:1.02.117-12.el6 will be an update
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-696.18.7.el6 will be installed
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-696.10.3.el6 will be updated
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-696.18.7.el6 will be an update
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.32-696.10.3.el6 will be updated
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.32-696.18.7.el6 will be an update
---> Package kpartx.x86_64 0:0.4.9-72.el6 will be updated
---> Package kpartx.x86_64 0:0.4.9-100.el6 will be an update
---> Package microcode_ctl.x86_64 1:1.17-17.el6 will be updated
---> Package microcode_ctl.x86_64 1:1.17-25.2.el6_9 will be an update
---> Package nagios-common.x86_64 0:4.3.2-5.el6 will be updated
---> Package nagios-common.x86_64 0:4.3.4-7.el6 will be an update
---> Package nrpe.x86_64 0:3.1.1-1.el6 will be updated
---> Package nrpe.x86_64 0:3.2.0-6.el6 will be an update
---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2017b-1.el6 will be updated
---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2017c-1.el6 will be an update
--> Processing Conflict: device-mapper-event-1.02.117-12.el6.x86_64 
conflicts lvm2-libs < 2.02.111
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: device-mapper-event conflicts with lvm2-libs-2.02.100-8.el6.x86_64


This is not a new story but I am wondering if someting has been
forgotten upstream and if other sites are seeing the same...

Thank you.

JM

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