On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 09:34:52 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:20:06 -0500, Phil Schaffner > <P.R.Schaffner@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > > Update: synaptic.i386 0:0.55.3-2 - extras > <snip> > > Transaction Check Error: package apt-0.5.15cnc6-53.4.rhfc3.at (which is newer than apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362) is already installed > <snip> > > Check the requirements of the synaptic yum wants to update > check the provides of the apt you currently have installed. > you have apt from atrpms installed... you dont have atrpms in the yum > repository information that you loaded.... > > Looks like a packaging conflict from using multiple repositories to > me. I don't see how this qualifies as a yum problem considering that > yum isn't going to downgrade packages as a matter of design. synaptic requires libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.0, which is only provided by apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362 in Phil's configured set of repositories. yum decides to take that one, but then realises that a higher version of apt is installed already and does not come from the enabled repositories. That's not a conflict, but an inconsistent repository configuration. Btw, yum 2.1.13 from updates-testing works for me so far. -- Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) - Linux 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 loadavg: 1.08 1.05 1.07