Re: Clash between EPEL and kde-redhat for exiv2 (EL4)

On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 11:09 +0100, Andreas Petzold wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> on my RHEL4 box I have installed digikam from the kde-redhat repos.  
> kde-redhat also provides the required exiv2 and libexiv2 packages.  
> Since a while EPEL provides an updated version of exiv2 which clashes  
> with the version from kde-redhat:
> 
> $ yum update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Loading "protectbase" plugin
> Loading "versionfix" plugin
> Loading "kmdl" plugin
> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> Finished
> 53 packages excluded due to repository protections
> Beginning versionfix
> Ending versionfix
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package exiv2.x86_64 0:0.17.1-1.el4 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libexiv2.so.0()(64bit) for package: digikam
> --> Processing Dependency: libexiv2.so.0()(64bit) for package: libkexiv2
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
> Finished Kernel Module Plugin
> Error: Missing Dependency: libexiv2.so.0()(64bit) is needed by package digikam
> Error: Missing Dependency: libexiv2.so.0()(64bit) is needed by package  
> libkexiv2
> $ yum list exiv2
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Loading "protectbase" plugin
> Loading "versionfix" plugin
> Loading "kmdl" plugin
> Loading "kernel-module" plugin
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Excluding Packages in global exclude list
> Finished
> 53 packages excluded due to repository protections
> Beginning versionfix
> Ending versionfix
> Installed Packages
> exiv2.x86_64                             0.14-1.el4             installed
> Available Packages
> exiv2.x86_64                             0.17.1-1.el4           epel
> exiv2.i386                               0.17.1-1.el4           epel
> 
> By using priorities for the repos, I can work around the clash, but  
> maybe we can find a better solution.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andreas

Actually it's a collision between rpmforge and EPEL.
Same problem in el5.

- Gilboa


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