CentOS - Sep 2009 - problem with a repo

Hello,
	I've got rpmforge and epel on centos 5.3. I'm trying to do an
install of perl-Image-Info for spamassassin image scanning. The package was
picked up in rpmforge since first, but it is failing to install because a
dependency is missing. I added perl-Image-Info to rpmforge's excludepkgs
line and tried to install the package again this time thinking it would pull
from epel. This did not occur yum still tried to fetch from rpmforge. For my
excludepkgs line i tried:

excludepkgs=package1,package2,perl-Image-Info

and since the changes weren't picked up i did:

excludepkgs=package1 package2 perl-Image-Info

	Any help appreciated.
	Thanks.
	Dave.

Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I've got rpmforge and epel on centos 5.3. I'm trying to do an
> install of perl-Image-Info for spamassassin image scanning. The package was
> picked up in rpmforge since first, but it is failing to install because a
> dependency is missing. I added perl-Image-Info to rpmforge's
excludepkgs
> line and tried to install the package again this time thinking it would
pull
> from epel. This did not occur yum still tried to fetch from rpmforge. For
my
> excludepkgs line i tried:
>
> excludepkgs=package1,package2,perl-Image-Info
>
> and since the changes weren't picked up i did:
>
> excludepkgs=package1 package2 perl-Image-Info
>
> 	Any help appreciated.
> 	Thanks.
> 	Dave.
>
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the correct line is

exclude=package1 package2 perl-Image-Info

man yum is your friend
HTH
Rob

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--- On Fri, 9/11/09, Dave <dave.mehler at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Dave <dave.mehler at gmail.com>
> Subject: [CentOS] problem with a repo
> To: "'CentOS mailing list'" <centos at centos.org>
> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:55 PM
> Hello,
>     I've got rpmforge and epel on centos
> 5.3. I'm trying to do an
> install of perl-Image-Info for spamassassin image scanning.
> The package was
> picked up in rpmforge since first, but it is failing to
> install because a
> dependency is missing. 
if the missing depends is ExtUtils::MakeMaker or perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker, then
you have a problem. This perl module is provided by perl.rpm in C5.x and the RPM
DB will generate errors if you try and update the module.

So take your medicine and don't force the install. One workaround is to
install perl from source and run it somewhere other /usr/bin/.

-- 
Mark

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 23:55, Dave <dave.mehler at gmail.com>
wrote:
> ? ? ? ?I've got rpmforge and epel on centos 5.3. I'm trying to do
an
> install of perl-Image-Info for spamassassin image scanning. The package was
> picked up in rpmforge since first, but it is failing to install because a
> dependency is missing.
If the problem is with the RPMforge repository (from your e-mail that
is not completely clear) you should report it on the RPMforge mailing
list:
http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users

Note that RPMforge and EPEL often do not mix well with one another, so
you should set up the yum-priorities plugin and give them appropriate
priorities so that when both have the same package yum will try to
install from one of them only:
http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities

HTH,
Filipe