On Sun, 2017-07-30 at 05:00 +0000, George R Goffe wrote: > Russel, > > Thanks for your response. > > Removing python3-docs did not appear to change the problem. I am surprised you didn't get some change since a number of Fedora system packages depend on the python3 version. > Any other ideas? Just wait for whomever to fix the packaging > problems? I could write a bug if you think that might be a good thing > to do. History indicates there are two scenarios and all too often both apply: 1. You have one or two deprecated and/or removed packages that are causing a version conflict and stopping upgrade. 2. There is a version conflict because of lack of update by packagers. The python3-doc thing is an instance of 2. As is my current Boost/LibreOffice situation. I am suffering without python3-doc in the short term, and waiting on the packagers to sort out the Boost/LiberOffice thing as I need both. Whenever I have instances of 1, I use "dnf upgrade --best" and "dnf upgrade --best --allowerasing" (always saying no to actioning the upgrade) to investigate where the package conflict is. In many cases the package is redundant and removing it (or them) clears the blockage. Sometimes the problem is the dnf system itself, it gets the graph of dependencies over specifying things and thus causing blockages. In this case I allow removal of packages to clear the blockage and then reinstall. Occasionally you have to live without a package or two for a while to get everything else up to date. cf. python3-doc. It is a tad difficult to explain things in general. Might it be worth submitting the result of: dnf check-update --refresh dnf upgrade --best here (as attachments if the output is very lengthy) so as to get more focused ideas bubbling? -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.winder@xxxxxxxxx 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: russel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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