Re: f9 yum option --skip-broken: conflicting option string !

seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 23:42 +1000, David Timms wrote:
>> Hi, what do you make of this:
>>
>> # yum -d 10 list
>> Loading "refresh-packagekit" plugin
>> Loading "skip-broken" plugin
>> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, skip-broken
>> Running "config" handler for "skip-broken" plugin
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
>>      yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 241, in user_main
>>      errcode = main(args)
>>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 96, in main
>>      base.getOptionsConfig(args)
>>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 182, in getOptionsConfig
>>      disabled_plugins=self.optparser._splitArg(opts.disableplugins))
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 178, in 
>> _getConfig
>>      startupconf.pluginconfpath,disabled_plugins)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 340, in 
>> doPluginSetup
>>      plugin_types, confpath, disabled_plugins)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 159, in 
>> __init__
>>      self.run('config')
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 175, in run
>>      func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
>>    File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/skip-broken.py", line 110, in config_hook
>>      help="skip packages with broken dependencies")
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 1014, in add_option
>>      self._check_conflict(option)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 989, in _check_conflict
>>      option)
>> optparse.OptionConflictError: option --skip-broken: conflicting option 
>> string(s): --skip-broken
>>
>> In any case that is the result, no matter what normal parameters I 
>> supply, or even if I leave blank that would normally show the --help 
>> gives the same error.
>>
>> Can't have blown my fresh f9 install {original /home directory} already 
>> could I ?
>>
>> Happy to create a bug if it's not my fumbling ?
> 
> rpm -e yum-skip-broken
Aye, right you are.
I installed my apps metapackage {orginally for f7,8} that requires 
y-s-b. Interesting that PackageKit could still do updates while yum was 
incapacitated.