On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 16:45 -0400, Beartooth wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:51:42 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 16:43 -0400, Beartooth wrote: > [...] > > >> > If that works, you'll then be in the same boat as the rest of us... > >> > >> Took me a minute to copy that correctly; bash kept reading Pan's line ends > >> as <enter>. I hope this is the way you meant. > [...] > >> error: Failed dependencies: > >> evolution-data-server = 1.6.2-1.fc5.1 is needed by (installed) > >> evolution-data-server-devel-1.6.2-1.fc5.1.i386 > >> > >> What the blinkety-blink-blink : "is needed by (installed)"??? > > > > The (installed) is referring to the evolution-data-server-devel package > > on the next line. I'll assume (possibly incorrectly) that you actually > > need that package, and suggest the following. More long lines ahead > > unfortunately. > > > > # wget > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/i386/evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386.rpm > > # wget > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/i386/evolution-data-server-devel-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386.rpm > > # rpm -Uvh --oldpackage evolution-data-server-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386.rpm > > evolution-data-server-devel-1.6.1-1.fc5.2.i386.rpm > > # yum install gnome-panel > > > > (that's three long commands and a shorter one) > > > >> Anyway, I went ahead, while I was at it : > [...] > >> So *is* that the same boat?? > > > > Yes. > > News: this morning I tried "yum install gnome-panel" -- and it worked! > What's more, it *just* worked -- without even mentioning any dependencies, > other downloads, or anything. > > So apparently the repos -- or at least the ones my configuration accesses > -- did indeed catch up. > > I am of course delighted. All the more so, since yum update has just also > succeeded : > Running Transaction > Updating : qt4 ####################### [ 1/12] > Updating : xffm ####################### [ 2/12] > Updating : texmaker ####################### [ 3/12] > Updating : jed ####################### [ 4/12] > Updating : xfwm4 ####################### [ 5/12] > Updating : xfprint ####################### [ 6/12] > Cleanup : texmaker ####################### [ 7/12] > Cleanup : jed ####################### [ 8/12] > Cleanup : xfwm4 ####################### [ 9/12] > Cleanup : qt4 ####################### [10/12] > Cleanup : xffm ####################### [11/12] > Cleanup : xfprint ####################### [12/12] > > Updated: jed.i386 0:0.99.18-4.fc5 qt4.i386 0:4.1.3-7.fc5 texmaker.i386 1:1.3-4.fc5 xffm.i386 0:4.2.3-4.fc5 xfprint.i386 0:4.2.3-3.fc5 xfwm4.i386 0:4.2.3.2-5.fc5 > Complete! > > And so has yum clean all. So do I still need to cope with those long > lines? Or am I safe? Safe enough to close my apps, log out and back in > (and if necessary reboot), and try to get my Gnome desktop back? You're safe. The dependency issues were fixed a day or two ago. Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
