I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up *yum-priorities*. I added the rpmforge repo I installed clamd without a problem. Now when I go to update I get conflicts with perl-Math-BigInt. Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then install the rpmforge version? According the the wiki "Packages from repositories with a lower priority will never be used to upgrade packages that were installed from a repository with a higher priority." If this true why the conflicts? please advise Thanks Dan
on 1-30-2009 1:13 PM Dan Carl spake the following:> I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up *yum-priorities*. > I added the rpmforge repo > I installed clamd without a problem. > Now when I go to update I get conflicts with perl-Math-BigInt. > > Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then install the > rpmforge version? > > According the the wiki > "Packages from repositories with a lower priority will never be used to > upgrade packages that were installed from a repository > with a higher priority." > If this true why the conflicts? please advise > Thanks > DanSometimes you will get conflicts if the new package doesn't have a corresponding base package but was built into the base's monolithic rpm. I don't think base has a separate package for that module, but has it as part of the base perl rpm. If you really need the newer version you might have to --force it. Or you can see if the version in base perl is OK for your needs. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090130/3603e4aa/attachment-0003.sig>
--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> wrote:> From: Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> > Subject: [CentOS] Yum update conflicts perl-Math-BigInt > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 1:13 PM > I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up > *yum-priorities*. > I added the rpmforge repo > I installed clamd without a problem. > Now when I go to update I get conflicts with > perl-Math-BigInt. > > Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then > install the > rpmforge version? >Take a deep breath there... the base version is Perl itself - Math::BigInt is a core module in C5. I would like to know why the developers of Clamd feel the need to use the latest perl-Math-BigInt? Try checking your /var/log/yum.log to see if this RPM was installed coincident with Clamd. Perhaps you can exclude it somehow. -- Mark
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Mark Pryor wrote:> --- On Fri, 1/30/09, Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> wrote: > > > From: Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com> > > Subject: [CentOS] Yum update conflicts perl-Math-BigInt > > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > > Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 1:13 PM > > I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up > > *yum-priorities*. > > I added the rpmforge repo > > I installed clamd without a problem. > > Now when I go to update I get conflicts with > > perl-Math-BigInt. > > > > Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then > > install the > > rpmforge version? > > Take a deep breath there... the base version is Perl itself - Math::BigInt > is a core module in C5. > > I would like to know why the developers of Clamd feel the need to use the > latest perl-Math-BigInt? Try checking your /var/log/yum.log to see if this > RPM was installed coincident with Clamd. Perhaps you can exclude it > somehow.ClamAV does not need perl-Math-BigInt. And FWIW, the latter has not been updated since 21 Apr 2008. -- Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>
Dan Carl wrote on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:13:50 -0600:> I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up *yum-priorities*. > I added the rpmforge repo > I installed clamd without a problem. > Now when I go to update I get conflicts with perl-Math-BigInt.add check_obsoletes = 1 to the /etc/yum.d/priorities.comf Kai -- Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
Hi, On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 16:36, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:> If you really need the newer version you might have to --force it.Bad advice. This is the exactly same reason why installing from CPAN is not recommended under CentOS. RPM is designed to prevent you from installing something that could risk breaking your system. Whenever you use --force you are telling RPM to stop doing that. This is a bad idea. And remember: If you break it, you get to keep the pieces. HTH, Filipe