A couple of days ago I started to yum-remove a package
(I don't recall which)
and I was told that a vast array of packages
would also be removed.
I ^C-ed to stop the process,
as I wasn't sure whether I would be asked for my permission
before the packages were removed.
Now when I run "yum update" I am told
"There are unfinished transactions remaining.
You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them."
If I run this program, I am again told that the same vast array of packages
(including some if not all kernels) will be removed.
Again I ^C to stop the program,
as I am not sure my permission will be asked
before the removal begins.
If I ignore the warning and continue yum-update
I get the error
-------------------------------
Error: Package: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 (updates)
Requires: glibc-common = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12
Installed: glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64 (@updates)
glibc-common = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.9
Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6.x86_64 (base)
glibc-common = 2.12-1.47.el6
Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.5.x86_64 (updates)
glibc-common = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.5
Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 (updates)
glibc-common = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 4 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.x86_64 is a duplicate with bash-4.1.2-8.el6.centos.x86_64
glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 is a duplicate with glibc-
common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of config(glibc-
common) = ('0', '2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12')
glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0',
'2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12')
-------------------------------
I've tried all the cleanup measures I know, "sudo yum clean all",
"sudo package-cleanup --dupes", "sudo package-cleanup --problems",
"sudo yum update glibc glibc-common", but none of them do the trick.
Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
Ps: I should have confessed at the outset that this is on a machine
running CentOS-6.2.
But the problem seems a generic yum issue.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
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