-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Cornette wrote: > Jim Cornette wrote: >> oldman wrote: > Jim Cornette wrote: >>>>> Jerry Williams wrote: >>>>>> I installed it, but I still have issues. >>>>>> >>>>>> yum -y --skip-broken update >>>>> I have the plugin installed and ran the update. It did not run through >>>>> the routine and install what it could for me either. >>>>> >>>>> I think I ran yum --skip-broken -y update though. Would the order >>>>> matter >>>>> since it is prefixed with the -- before the option? >>>>> >>>>> Jim >>>>> >>>>> > It shouldn't matter which comes first. It seems to me that the plugin is > easily confused though. It's my recollection that the error messages > left by the plugin make it much easier to build the --exclude line as it > has always been that some program already installed will break due to > the program waiting to be installed that throws the error. OTOH a > program that can't meet its dependencies will be skipped properly. It > might be that the plugin is not acting properly though - I may do some > looking for docs & maybe file a BZ unless someone does it first. > > Scott >>> >> >> I was thinking that the -- followed by the parameter would not matter >> for order. >> >> I didn't have any luck with the plugin and resorted to the script that >> Dave posted a long while back to update the system. The strange thing >> is that after letting the script update the remaining packages, >> (Mostly gnome)the remaining packages were ALL installed. Running yum >> with or without the --skip-broken parameter would fail to complete >> successfully. >> >> All rpms are installed from development now. >> >> Jim >> > I think the problem with yum and the skip-broken resides because of > these dep errors put out by package-cleanup. Why the packages all > installed with a one by one script is confusing to me though. > package-cleanup --problems > Setting up yum > Reading local RPM database > Processing all local requires > Missing dependencies: > Package gnome-applets requires libgucharmap.so.5 > Package frysk requires libgcj.so.7rh > locate libgucharmap.so > /usr/lib/libgucharmap.so.6 > /usr/lib/libgucharmap.so.6.0.1 > locate libgcj.so > /usr/lib/libgcj.so.8rh > /usr/lib/libgcj.so.8rh.0.0 > Jim Maybe you just got lucky, as I am currently upgrading gucharmap and libgcj (and the new versions of frysk and gnome-applets too!)and I used the yum --skip-broken. The yum plugin seems to work quite a bit faster for me, but I'm still not convinced it's properly excluding some packages that it should and at least 2 packages it has seriously broken yum to the point that yum threw a python exception. Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+AW/5mBKdb7VQEcRAv5rAJ98aOsZ9VNFXbeVYWeJk2oT+B/S3wCggeji jZg+u/RfWxUBFpWqiOvwLsA= =Jr6l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list