Re: Can't update XFree86

Michael Schwendt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.psyche
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:34:52 -0500, Mike Watson wrote:

> I have 3 linux boxes, all running RH8.0.  RH has recently released an 
> update of XFree86 from 4.2.0-72 to 4.2.1-21.  On two of the boxes, the 
> update was successful using up2date.  The 3rd box gets this error.
> 
> "There was a package dependency problem.  The message was:
> Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
> XFree86-xf86cfg-4.2.0-8             requires XFree = 4.2.0
> 
> 
> Well my XFree86 does equal 4.2.0, so what does this error mean?  All 
> three boxes were loaded with the same RH8.0, and up to this point, all 
> have the same updates.
> 
> How can I fix this?

The package XFree86-xf86cfg-4.2.0-8 is NOT from Red Hat Linux 8.0,
but from Red Hat Linux 7.3. To fix it, you would need to remove
the package:

  rpm -e XFree86-xf86cfg

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