Re: [users] Problem with updating package perl-Log-Dispatch

[Steve Huff]

On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:30 PM, Walter Heck wrote:

When I try to yum update I get the error below. yum upgrade yields the
same result. I presume soemthing is broken? or is it my setup?

no, nothing is broken.  look at the error message:

Transaction Check Error:
 file /usr/share/man/man3/Sys::Syslog.3pm.gz from install of
perl-Sys-Syslog-0.27-1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64

$ sudo yum -q provides 'perl(Sys::Syslog)'

Repo        : rpmforge
Matched from:
Other       : perl(Sys::Syslog)

4:perl-5.8.8-18.el5.i386 : The Perl programming language
Repo        : rhel-i386-client-5
Matched from:
Other       : perl(Sys::Syslog)

it's telling you that the man page from the rpmforge perl-Sys-Syslog package conflicts with a file in the perl package from the core distribution. why would that be? let's ask yum... perl-Sys-Syslog-0.27-1.el5.rf.i386 : Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls hm. looks like Sys::Syslog is bundled with the core perl package. so why is yum trying to pull in another Sys::Syslog package, if core perl provides it? look back up at your yum output:

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check

--> Processing Dependency: perl(Sys::Syslog) >= 0.16 for package:
perl-Log-Dispatch

---> Package perl-Log-Dispatch.noarch 0:2.24-1.el5.rf set to be updated

$ perl -MSys::Syslog -e 'print $Sys::Syslog::VERSION . "\n";'
0.13







-steve


--

http://five.sentenc.es/

so, the latest perl-Log-Dispatch from rpmforge, which you just tried to install, requires a Sys::Syslog that's newer than version 0.16. what version of Sys::Syslog is bundled with the core perl package? so, there's your answer; upstream gives you a version of Sys::Syslog that's too old for Log::Dispatch 2.24. so, what to do? you have a choice to make: 1) do you want Log::Dispatch 2.24 badly enough that you're willing to overwrite the upstream perl package in order to get it? if you really do, and you're aware of the potential negative consequences, then go ahead and force the installation. 2) if you can make do with the previous version of Log::Dispatch (2.21), then you need to configure yum to ignore future updates to perl-Log-Dispatch. If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v

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