Hi, SL 5 has had both the i386 and x86_64 version of perl in the x86_64 distribution the whole time. And so, when we do a security update, we have to include both the i386 and x86_64 version. What to do? What about doing a "yum update" instead of a "yum install"? Also, if you want to do just one arch or the other, you would put that arch on the end of the name. Such as yum install perl.x86_64 Troy Faye Gibbins wrote: > We've got a problem on our 64bit SL5.0 machines. > > When we take an rync of the updates from this site: > > rsync://rsync.scientificlinux.org/scientific/50/x86_64/updates/security/ > > It includes this i386 RPM into our copy of the x86_64 RPM updates: > > perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.i386.rpm > > Which clashes with the other perl rpm (perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm) > which "yum info perl" confirms is installed. > > e.g, on a very newly built 64bit box: > > ---snip > > [root@lossie yum.repos.d]# uname -a > Linux lossie 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5 #1 SMP Mon Apr 30 14:35:55 EDT 2007 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > [root@lossie yum.repos.d]# rpm -q perl > perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 > [root@lossie yum.repos.d]# rpm -qa | grep "^perl-5" > perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 > [root@lossie yum.repos.d]# yum install -y perl > ... > ... > ---> Package perl.i386 4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 set to be updated > ... > ============================================================================= > Package Arch Version Repository > Size > ============================================================================= > Installing: > perl i386 4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 sl5-updates > 12 M > Installing for dependencies: > gdbm i386 1.8.0-26.2.1 sl5-cd > 27 k > > Transaction Summary > ============================================================================= > Install 2 Package(s) > Update 0 Package(s) > Remove 0 Package(s) > > Total download size: 12 M > Downloading Packages: > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > > > Transaction Check Error: > file /usr/share/man/man1/c2ph.1.gz from install of > perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 > file /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.gz from install of > perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 > > > ---snip > > Either I'm collecting my RPM updates from the wrong site or the i386 > perl update RPM should not be in that location. > > But then I might be the only person experiencing this, in which case I'd > welcome advise. > > Yours > Faye > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > Faye Gibbins, Computing Officer (Infrastructure Services) > GeoS KB; Linux, Unix, Security and Networks. > Beekeeper - The Apiary Project, KB - www.bees.ed.ac.uk > --------------------------------------------------------- > > I grabbed at spannungsbogen before I knew I wanted it. > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, > registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________