Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-27 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 16:59:22 +, Andre Robatino robat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2011-August/155799.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731617 No progress in fixing it yet. Though I see roughly the same set of broken

persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-27 Thread Andre Robatino
Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to writes: I was getting dependency errors trying to reinstall gnome-panel (which brings in gnome-shell). That problem, I DO have - gnome-panel-3.1.5-3.fc17.x86_64 is one of the packages I couldn't install, and my current version is

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-27 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 19:49:54 +, Andre Robatino robat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to writes: I was getting dependency errors trying to reinstall gnome-panel (which brings in gnome-shell). That problem, I DO have - gnome-panel-3.1.5-3.fc17.x86_64 is

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-26 Thread Kalev Lember
On 08/25/2011 08:12 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: I've worked my way through this kind of mess a couple of times now, most recently yesterday. Here's my experience: - Do a big rawhide update - in this case, at least two weeks worth. A bit off topic, but I would personally encourage everybody

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-26 Thread seth vidal
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:15 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: yum --setopt=protected_multilib=0 blah blah blah which might help in situations where things are already deeply sideways. worth noting for the record that, as always when using 'force' type parameters to a package management

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 08/24/2011 08:11 PM, seth vidal wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 13:09 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:44 +0100 Richard Hughes wrote: I'm seriously wondering if multilib is worth all this hassle... Oh I've never wondered that: It has clearly never been a good idea.

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:08:52 -0400 Matthias Clasen mcla...@redhat.com wrote: Error: Protected multilib versions: gnome-panel-libs-3.1.5-2.fc16.x86_64 != gnome-panel-libs-3.0.2-3.fc16.i686 I have no idea what these errors mean or how to fix them. Any advice would be appreciated.

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread seth vidal
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 11:12 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:08:52 -0400 Matthias Clasen mcla...@redhat.com wrote: Error: Protected multilib versions: gnome-panel-libs-3.1.5-2.fc16.x86_64 != gnome-panel-libs-3.0.2-3.fc16.i686 I have no idea what these

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Dave Jones
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:20:12PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: Dunno if that helps anybody... never a dull moment... When upgrading rawhide from X - use screen. and also when upgrading from ssh. things have definitely gotten a lot more fragile over the last release or two. Dave

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Bill Nottingham
Jonathan Corbet (corbet...@lwn.net) said: - Somewhere in the middle, while I'm not looking, the update kills the running session and/or X server - I come back to a login screen. It used to be safe to run yum update from a terminal window, but, seemingly, not anymore. Not really a

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread seth vidal
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 14:28 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:20:12PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: Dunno if that helps anybody... never a dull moment... When upgrading rawhide from X - use screen. and also when upgrading from ssh. things have definitely gotten a

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 11:12 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:08:52 -0400 Matthias Clasen mcla...@redhat.com wrote: Error: Protected multilib versions: gnome-panel-libs-3.1.5-2.fc16.x86_64 != gnome-panel-libs-3.0.2-3.fc16.i686 I have no idea what these

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-25 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 14:55 -0400, seth vidal wrote: On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 14:28 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:20:12PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: Dunno if that helps anybody... never a dull moment... When upgrading rawhide from X - use screen. and

persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Jurgen Kramer
I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days (through alpha rc's and now alpha). I managed to get a lot of updates installed by selectively install updates. When I try to workaround the remaining dep problems yum

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days (through alpha rc's and now alpha). Error: Protected multilib versions:

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 08/24/2011 11:08 AM, Matthias Clasen wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days (through alpha rc's and now alpha). Error: Protected

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Richard Hughes
On 24 August 2011 16:08, Matthias Clasen mcla...@redhat.com wrote: Error: Protected multilib versions: gnome-panel-libs-3.1.5-2.fc16.x86_64 != gnome-panel-libs-3.0.2-3.fc16.i686 I have no idea what these errors mean or how to fix them. I'm seriously wondering if multilib is worth all this

persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Andre Robatino
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2011-August/155799.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731617 No progress in fixing it yet. Though I see roughly the same set of broken dependencies in Rawhide, the problem does not exist there. -- test mailing list

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:44 +0100 Richard Hughes wrote: I'm seriously wondering if multilib is worth all this hassle... Oh I've never wondered that: It has clearly never been a good idea. Starting with the total lack of documentation about how the heck it actually works when (for instance)

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread seth vidal
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 13:09 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:44 +0100 Richard Hughes wrote: I'm seriously wondering if multilib is worth all this hassle... Oh I've never wondered that: It has clearly never been a good idea. Starting with the total lack of documentation

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Nottingham
Matthias Clasen (mcla...@redhat.com) said: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days (through alpha rc's and now alpha). Error: Protected

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:08 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days (through alpha rc's and now alpha). Error:

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 14:02 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: Matthias Clasen (mcla...@redhat.com) said: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes. I've been seeing gnome dep problems for the last few days

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 12:01 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 14:02 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: Matthias Clasen (mcla...@redhat.com) said: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:35 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: I have not seen any mention of this on the list so far so here it goes.

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 12:08 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: Just about everything actually is, but it was done in fits and starts and the Bodhi update edited over time, so not everything has made it to every mirror yet. If you're particularly impatient you can set up a side repo and

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 16:52 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 12:08 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: Just about everything actually is, but it was done in fits and starts and the Bodhi update edited over time, so not everything has made it to every mirror yet. If

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 17:21 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Adam Williamson wrote: more or less, each package added to the update exponentially increases the likelihood of false negative karma from someone whose local mirror doesn't have one of the packages, or who hit a really tiny bug

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Adam Williamson wrote: I didn't say anything about dependencies. People file negative karma on stuff like 'Obscure Menu Item Z doesn't work', or 'there's a typo in the docs'. The more packages there are in an update, the more likely this is to happen, and the more likely bad negative karma

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/25/2011 04:06 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: You kept mentioning adding more packages to updates causes problems. Typically adding packages is due to a dependency. If you're not talking about dependencies, what are you talking about? Bodhi has the ability to bundle several updates

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 17:36 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Adam Williamson wrote: I didn't say anything about dependencies. People file negative karma on stuff like 'Obscure Menu Item Z doesn't work', or 'there's a typo in the docs'. The more packages there are in an update, the more

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:43:59 -0700 Adam Williamson wrote: Um, exactly what you quoted. Larger updates tend to get more false negative feedback. That's the main problem developers cite with them. Then it seems like the problem is the negative feedback, not the size of the update. Maybe it

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Bodhi has the ability to bundle several updates together even when they are not direct dependencies. He is referring to that Yes, I understand Bodhi can link any group of packages together. Example:

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/25/2011 04:23 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: So there are items in this list that could be shipped in a separate update without any negative side-effects? I'm not a KDE expert, but I don't see a package that could be left off. If there are cases where package A and B are in an update and

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 17:53 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Rahul Sundaram wrote: Bodhi has the ability to bundle several updates together even when they are not direct dependencies. He is referring to that Yes, I understand Bodhi can link any group of packages together. Example:

Re: persistent gnome dep problems (F16 alpha rc3-5, alpha), --skip-broken wants to haul in 32-bit libs

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Obviously noone would try to bundle completely unrelated packages in a single update. So I am not really what you are arguing about exactly. Adam wanted to discuss Enormo-Updates and I think we just did. *shrugs* -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To