Styma, Robert E (Robert) spake the following on 4/16/2007 3:16 PM:
> I just loaded CentOS 5 on a new x86_64 machine
> I built for my wife. I am converting her from
> the dark $ide. :-)
>
> I started getting the following messages from yum:
>
> ]: yum update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package subversion.x86_64 0:1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ========================================================================
> =====
> Package Arch Version Repository
> Size
> ========================================================================
> =====
> Updating:
> subversion x86_64 1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf rpmforge
> 4.4 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> ========================================================================
> =====
> Install 0 Package(s)
> Update 1 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 4.4 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
>
>
> Transaction Check Error:
> file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psvn.el from install of
> subversion-1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> file /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/psvn.el from install of
> subversion-1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
>
> Error Summary
> -------------
>
> [styma14]: rpm -e subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> error: "subversion-1.4.2-2.el5" specifies multiple packages
> [styma14]: rpm -qa | grep subversion
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
> subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
>
> ######################################
> It appears I have a package installed twice. I tried the
> normal "rpm is damaged" sequence of:
>
>
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> db_verify /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> But that did not help the situation. Are there any suggestions on how
> to get
> rid of this one piece and get past this error? I tried a -f on the rpm
> -e and it
> failed the same way.
>
> Bob Styma
Do you have the rpmforge repo enabled?
That could be causing some of your difficulties.
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