On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 15:46 -0800, Yasha Karant wrote: > I attempted to update a SL 7 system using the Add/Remove Software GUI > update feature. The update fails with: > > Test Transaction Errors: file /sbin/extlinux from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/cat.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/chain.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/cmd.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/config.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package > syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 > file /boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32 from install of > syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux... > > However, as there is no "find" command on the above GUI (unless it is a > control or escape sequence of which I am unaware), a visual scan of the > list of packages to be installed does not reveal any syslinux files, and > the GUI does not seem to show dependencies and/or additional files that > must be installed. Do I manually use yum to remove the offending > syslinux file and then rerun the update or will this cripple the system > making the update impossible? > > System information: > > NAME="Scientific Linux" > VERSION="7.0 (Nitrogen)" > ID="rhel" > ID_LIKE="fedora" > VERSION_ID="7.0" > PRETTY_NAME="Scientific Linux 7.0 (Nitrogen)" > ANSI_COLOR="0;31" > CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:GA" > HOME_URL="http://www.scientificlinux.org//" > BUG_REPORT_URL="scientific-linux-de...@listserv.fnal.gov" > > REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux 7" > REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0 > REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Scientific Linux" > REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0 > > from: /etc/os-release > > uname -a > Linux [redacted] 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 11 15:55:14 CDT > 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > extlinux -v > extlinux 4.05 Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al > > syslinux -v > syslinux 4.05 Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al > > What other information do I need? > > Yasha Karant
Hi, You are trying to update with syslinux from RPM Forge (a third party repo). Are you sure you want this package to try install? Regards Phil -- Twitter: @philwyett Jabber (xmpp): philwy...@jappix.com
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