On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:36:12 +0100, Sandro Mani wrote: > >> It started with yum-3.4.3-70.fc19. Is this a bug in yum >= 3.4.3-70, or > >> is this a problem with my rpm db? Both yum erase and rpm -e <reported > >> installed obsolete package> tell me that the indicated package is not > >> installed. > > You misread the output. It tells which "Obsoletes" tags are found in > > packages. For example: > > > > $ rpm --query --obsoletes fedora-logos > > redhat-logos > > gnome-logos > > > > It doesn't ask you to uninstall anything. ;) > > > Uhm, ok, but why is this something yum suddenly wants to report? The Yum changelog is not detailed enough to tell, but rpmsack.py considers these as "problems". I think normal installing/updating with Yum also prints those warnings. As a guess, it could be these are all for "strange" Obsoletes/Provides pairs that aren't specific enough, or confusing, or lacking versions. Such as: rpcbind-0.2.0-21.fc19.x86_64 has installed obsoletes portmap <= ('0', '4.0', '65.3'): rpcbind-0.2.0-21.fc19.x86_64 $ rpm -q --obsoletes rpcbind|grep port portmap <= 4.0-65.3 $ rpm -q --provides rpcbind|grep port portmap = 0.2.0-21.fc19 In other words, it obsoletes itself due to the versions that are specified. -- Fedora release 19 (Rawhide) - Linux 3.9.0-0.rc0.git15.1.fc19.x86_64 loadavg: 0.15 0.18 0.14 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel