Re: Error doing yum -update

On 7 September 2011 23:07, Stephen Kitchener <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 01 Sep 2011, Nick Morrott wrote:
>> On 1 September 2011 16:12, Stephen Kitchener <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi List,
>> >
>> > Has anyone seen this error please ?
>> >
>> > Error: Package: perl-XMLTV-0.5.61-1.fc14.noarch (rpmfusion-free-updates)
>> > Requires: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.12.4)
>>
>> Packaging issue? I don't think there are any Perl 5.12 specific
>> grabbers/libraries, as dekarl swapped out the Switch stuff before the
>> last release.
>
> I did contact the maintainer and as far as he is concerned its not a
> packaging error, in as much as the perl updates that should have been passed
> from testing to main, have been in testing far too long and suggests that I
> do
>
> yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing perl
>
> to get the newer perl and then xmltv should update....
>
> I wonder what your thoughts are ?? How would it effect perl-mythtv etc

Whilst I know very little about Fedora packaging, that answer explains
why your system does not have Perl 5.12.4 installed but it does not
explain why the XMLTV packages have been built with a requirement for
Perl 5.12.4 to be installed, which we do not believe exists.

Cheers,
Nick

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