Re: Can't update XFree86
Mike Watson <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 July 2003 09:01 pm, Michael Schwendt wrote: > 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 Thanks! That did it! I checked and the other two systems didn't have it and they updated successfully. I removed it and the 3rd box updated too. Wonder why 2 out 3 didn't have it from 7.3. Other than the services running, all three are identical. Mike W - -- Registered Linux - 256979 NRA Life ARS: W0TMW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/AkFL5fq6h2uDDlQRAgtTAKDTjUzsKm5hnqhyoV5nCyqJngHUYQCgyj9S B7Iorigj8YRSEl3kMCBYnb4= =YYG+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by F-Prot and MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- Psyche-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list