Re: up2date -u gives a an error in up2date.solveDependencies

> >I just tested this on a vanilla (stock) 7.2 system, as root, using the
> >RHL + updates tree on the server side, and didn't get this error
> >message.  Are you running the server as root or as an unpriviledged
> >user?  Can you send your configuration file, and a listing of the
> >permissions on your RPM directories (i.e. owner and mode)?
> 
> I won't be at the site until friday morning, so I can't send the config 
> file. What I can say is:
        Friday works for me.  Gives me more time to actually breathe.
:)

> The config file has one single channel, with one single directory 
> (testing :-). And this directory is actually remote mounted from another 
> server, so definitely all files and directories are read only (but all 
> have permissions 0644 or 0755 for directories).
        Those permissions are correct; the directory with the current
database needs to be writable by the user you're running current as, but
the RPM directories (I don't think) need to be writable.  The NFS-ness
/shouldn't/ present an issue...

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