Dependency hell

[Richard Hally <rhallyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please see the list of my attempts to update  my system  to  rawhide. 
The thing that seems most incorrect is that rpm or yum do not report 
correctly the packages that need to be excluded.  Since there always 
seems to be some dependency problem (one gets fixed but another one 
stops the update) it would seem that a reliable way to determine which 
packages to exclude would be very helpful and save time that can be put 
to better use. thanks for any help,
Richard Hally



> [root@localhost root]# yum upgrade
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Rawhide
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Finding obsoleted packages
> Resolving dependencies
> ......Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package pwlib needs libdv.so.2, this is not available.
> Package xemacs needs libRKC.so.1.2, this is not available.
> Package xemacs needs libcanna.so.1.2, this is not available.
> Package dvgrab needs libdv.so.2, this is not available.
> Package db4-java needs db4 = 4.1.25-14, this is not available.

Here is the second attempt with the packages that reported excluded

> [root@localhost root]# yum --exclude=pwlib --exclude=xemacs 
> --exclude=dvgrab --exclude=db4-java   upgrade
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Rawhide
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Finding obsoleted packages
> Resolving dependencies
> ......Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Package gnomemeeting needs libpt.so.1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package gnomemeeting needs pwlib >= 1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package xemacs-info needs xemacs = 21.4.15, this is not available.
> Package openh323 needs libpt.so.1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package openh323 needs pwlib >= 1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package xemacs-el needs xemacs = 21.4.15, this is not available.
> Package pwlib-devel needs libpt.so.1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package pwlib-devel needs pwlib = 1.6.3, this is not available.
> Package db4-java needs db4 = 4.1.25-14, this is not available.
> [root@localhost root]#