Is anyone getting a yum update problem with glibc and glibc-common?
I'm getting the error message
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Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 !=
glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686
** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.x86_64 is a duplicate with bash-4.1.2-8.el6.centos.x86_64
glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 is a duplicate with glibc-
common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc =
('0',
'2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12')
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I've tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that did not seem to help.
Any suggestions or advice gratefully received.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
On 05/22/2012 05:05 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:> Is anyone getting a yum update problem with glibc and glibc-common? > I'm getting the error message > ------------------------------- > Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 != > glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 > ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows: > bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.x86_64 is a duplicate with bash-4.1.2-8.el6.centos.x86_64 > glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 is a duplicate with glibc- > common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64 > glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0', > '2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12') > ------------------------------- > I've tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that did not seem to help. > > Any suggestions or advice gratefully received. >You have both the i686 and x86_64 versions of glibc installed. That error means that the repo you are trying to update from has a different version of i686 glibc and x86_64 glibc ... or you are trying to upgrade one (the x86_64 version) and not the other (the i686 version). Since multilib installs share some files (all the Documentation, etc.), that means you must install the same version of each arch if you install both i686 and x86_64 packages. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120522/f0e9a15d/attachment.sig>
Johnny Hughes wrote:>> ------------------------------- >> Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 !>> glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686 >> ** Found 3 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows: >> bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.x86_64 is a duplicate with >> bash-4.1.2-8.el6.centos.x86_64 glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 is >> a duplicate with glibc- common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64 >> glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc >> ('0', '2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12') >> ------------------------------- >> I've tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but that did not seem to help. >> >> Any suggestions or advice gratefully received.> You have both the i686 and x86_64 versions of glibc installed. That > error means that the repo you are trying to update from has a different > version of i686 glibc and x86_64 glibc ... or you are trying to upgrade > one (the x86_64 version) and not the other (the i686 version). > > Since multilib installs share some files (all the Documentation, etc.), > that means you must install the same version of each arch if you install > both i686 and x86_64 packages.Thank you very much for your response. But I'm afraid I'm not clear what action I can take. I don't like to remove any glibc or glibc-common packages, as I'm afraid it might have a disastrous effect, since they seem to be required by so many other packages, including the kernel. I'm slightly puzzled how the system got in this position, as I have never said anything except "yum upgrade", and the repos I have enabled all seem harmless, though there are several of them: [adobe-linux-x86_64, CentOS-CR (cr), epel, kbs-CentOS-Extras, rpmforge. The system (which is in another country) seems to be running fine. If I leave it will it sort itself out in time? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin