On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Troy Dawson wrote: > Discussion Topic: Java - when will we upgrade to Java 1.6? > Conclusion: Many scientific programs really need us to update to java 1.6, > the biggest name is dCache. > We will put the latest java 1.6 into testing and let people test it for a > month. If we don't have any show stoppers, we will push it out on December > 1, 2008 Executive Summary: yum --enablerepo=sl-testing install java-1.6.0-sun-compat Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat --- Suplementary question: We had java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.16-1jpp.noarch.rpm which has been replaced by java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm How do I choose which to install on an x86_64 machine ? --- -- More info about tbhe main problem: java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm "replaces" jdk-1.6.0_10-fcs.x86_64.rpm but jdk-1.50... is needed by java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.16-1.1.sl5.jpp.noarch.rpm which isn't (and since it is a -compat package maybe shouldn't be) "obsoleted" by java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.*.rpm yum --enablerepo=sl-testing install java-1.6.0-sun-compat Loading "tsflags" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "skip-broken" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Loading "protectbase" plugin Loading "kmdl" plugin Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin Loading "fedorakmod" plugin Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "downloadonly" plugin Loading "kernel-module" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * dpmms-sl5: * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org * sl-base: ftp.scientificlinux.org * dpmms-sl52-all: * sl-testing: ftp.scientificlinux.org 3786 packages excluded due to repository priority protections 0 packages excluded due to repository protections Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package java-1.6.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs for package: java-1.6.0-sun-compat ---> Package java-1.6.0-sun-compat.x86_64 0:1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat ---> Package jdk.x86_64 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs set to be updated ---> Package jdk.i586 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat --> Finished Dependency Resolution Beginning Kernel Module Plugin Finished Kernel Module Plugin Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat [ I'm adding these packages to my repo rather than using testing directly building a -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna