Re: Error doing yum -update

On Friday 09 Sep 2011, Nick Morrott wrote:
> 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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I have a feeling that there is a sense of exasperation in that the new Perl 
packages have been in testing for a while and it might be an effort to jolly 
the release along, but that's only a feeling...

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