Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-19 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: > Um...no? The case listed *below* would be, but updates-testing doesn't > seem particularly relevant to the above case. If updates-testing didn't > exist at all, you'd still have the potential of this problem happening > if updates could be unpushed. Stable updates cannot b

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-19 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 17:14 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > AFAICS the real problem here is that an update got unpushed. It seems > > like Richard got the 64-bit version of libvirt -3 installed, then the -3 > > update got unpushed, then something wanted to install the 32-bit

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-19 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: > AFAICS the real problem here is that an update got unpushed. It seems > like Richard got the 64-bit version of libvirt -3 installed, then the -3 > update got unpushed, then something wanted to install the 32-bit version > of libvirt. Obviously, since the update had been unp

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-19 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 23:34 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > John Reiser wrote: > > Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package > > dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a > > common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the tools > >

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 05.04.2012 14:23, schrieb Richard W.M. Jones: > I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea > what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than > fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). > > The latest one: > > # yum install /usr/sbin/libvir

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-06 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:34:29PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > John Reiser wrote: > > Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package > > dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a > > common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the too

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Kevin Kofler
John Reiser wrote: > Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package > dependencies which are [or become] architecture-dependent. This is a > common and systematic error which causes much grief. None of the tools > check for it, which is another bug^W"opportunity for enhancement"

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread John Reiser
> Is there any information about when this [%{?_isa}] should be used? I don't > think I've ever written a spec file that uses it. *EACH* dependency (*EVERY SINGLE ONE*) should use %{_isa} unless you are in .noarch land, or unless you will be happy with any compatible architecture [and this is unl

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Miloslav Trmač
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:32:47AM -0700, John Reiser wrote: >> >> # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd >> >> >> Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != >> >> libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 >> >> >> What

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Till Maas
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:54:36PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Is there any information about when this should be used? I don't > think I've ever written a spec file that uses it. I think it is whenever a package containing a library (i.e. a multilib package) is required via the package's

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:32:47AM -0700, John Reiser wrote: > >> # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd > > >> Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != > >> libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 > > >> What does the error mean? > > ... > > Or, some packager forgot to use

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread M A Young
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd [... yum spew

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread John Reiser
>> # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd >> Error: Protected multilib versions: libvirt-client-0.9.10-2.fc17.i686 != >> libvirt-client-0.9.10-3.fc17.x86_64 >> What does the error mean? > ... Or, some packager forgot to use %{?_isa} when specifying package dependencies which are [or become] architect

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:13:34PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 01:23:28PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea > > what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than > > fiddling randoml

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 01:23:28PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea > what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than > fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). > > The latest one: > > # yum install

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread drago01
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:41 PM, drago01 wrote: > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea >> what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than >> fiddling randomly with packages until it goes aw

Re: [Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread drago01
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea > what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than > fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). > > The latest one: > > # yum install /usr/sbin/

[Repost] What is "Error: Protected multilib versions"

2012-04-05 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
I still get this error several times a week, and I still have no idea what it means or how I'm supposed to respond to it (other than fiddling randomly with packages until it goes away). The latest one: # yum install /usr/sbin/libvirtd [... yum spew deleted ...] Error: Protected multilib versions:

Re: What is "Error: Protected multilib versions: ..."?

2011-09-04 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Richard W.M. Jones writes: glibc-common-2.14.90-4.x86_64 glibc-common-2.14.90-1.x86_64 This means that rpm/yum aborted in a middle of a upgrade. You should clean this up using rpm -e glibc-common-2.14.90-1.x86_64 pgpf62s8f7GEk.pgp Description: PGP signature -- devel mailing list devel@lis

Re: What is "Error: Protected multilib versions: ..."?

2011-09-04 Thread Niels de Vos
And now to the list as well... On 4 Sep 2011 10:01, "Niels de Vos" wrote: > On 4 Sep 2011 09:45, "Richard W.M. Jones" wrote: >> >> I get this error all the time, but I can't find a coherent explanation >> for what it means. >> >> What is the precise meaning of the "protected multilib versions" er

What is "Error: Protected multilib versions: ..."?

2011-09-04 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
I get this error all the time, but I can't find a coherent explanation for what it means. What is the precise meaning of the "protected multilib versions" error? # yum install /lib/ld-linux.so.2 [...] Error: Protected multilib versions: glibc-2.14.90-4.i686 != glibc-2.14.90-1.x86_64 # yum insta