CentOS - Jul 2015 - What causes phantom update nags?

On 07/02/2015 03:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> OK, here ya go --
>>
>> Obsoleting Packages
>>
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Base.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
>> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras
>> perl-IO-Compress-Zlib.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates
> 
> rpmforge n?e RepoForge is not being updated much anymore and is no
> longer a 'good' repository.  for an example perl-IO-Compress
hasn't been
> updated since 2012.    anyways, perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 is part of base 
> in el6.
> 
> I would uninstall any packages you need that are from rpmforge, remove
> that repo from your repos.d and find equivalent packages in a better
> supported repository.
> 
> this should list any RepoForge packages that are already installed on
> your system...
> 
>     rpm -qa |egrep \\.rf
> 
> 
Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to
use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even
have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository
entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep
getting messages about updating something I don't have installed.

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On 7/2/2015 10:20 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to
> use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even
> have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository
> entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep
> getting messages about updating something I don't have installed.
its a broken repository and shouldn't be used.    "I know its broken
but
decided to use it anyways?"   maybe that warning should be made stronger.





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Am 02.07.2015 um 20:08 schrieb John R Pierce <pierce at
hogranch.com>:
> On 7/2/2015 10:20 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> Yes, I did see this warning on CentOS wiki re RPMForge but decided to
>> use it anyway. But how does this relate to the problem? I DO NOT even
>> have perl-IO-Compress installed. Mostly I figured this was a repository
>> entanglement problem, but I didn't know why. I mean why do I keep
>> getting messages about updating something I don't have installed.

Not installed packages are installed to resolve 
dependencies of packages that will be updated.

> its a broken repository and shouldn't be used.    "I know its
broken but decided to use it anyways?"   maybe that warning should be made
stronger.


BTW - rfx tagged packages respectively the corresponding repo replaces distro
packages.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-list/2010-November/msg00096.html

as Dag wrote: RPMForge is dead.

http://lists.repoforge.org/pipermail/users/2014-May/029506.html

The decision is yours.

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