On 08/28/2017 08:34 AM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> On 28/08/17 10:11, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 08/28/2017 08:03 AM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>>> A recent update asked to remove firefox (55.0.1-1.fc26), and when I 
>>> followed with
>>> an install
>>> I ended with the old version 54.0-2.fc26 installed.
>>>
>>> Attempting to upgrade to the latest goes nowhere (see below).
>>> I found a redhat bugzilla regarding an unwise decision to force an 
>>> unnecessary
>>> dependency
>>>      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484345
>>> mentioning there is a new package (firefox-55.0.2-3), but it is not showing 
>>> up.
>>>
>>> Anyone knows what is going on with this?
>>> Firefox is the most 'net facing application here and I need to have the 
>>> latest
>>> version installed.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> ==
>>> $ sudo dnf update firefox
>>> Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:37 ago on Mon Aug 28 09:49:01 2017.
>>> Dependencies resolved.
>>>
>>>   Problem: problem with installed package nspr-devel-4.16.0-1.fc26.x86_64
>>>    - package firefox-55.0.2-2.fc26.x86_64 conflicts with pkgconfig(nspr) >= 
>>> 4.16
>>> provided by nspr-devel-4.16.0-1.fc26.x86_64
>>>    - cannot install the best update candidate for package 
>>> firefox-54.0-2.fc26.x86_64
>>> ==============================================================================================================
>>>
>>>
>>>   Package                   Arch                  Version
>>> Repository              Size
>>> ==============================================================================================================
>>>
>>>
>>> Skipping packages with conflicts:
>>> (add '--best --allowerasing' to command line to force their upgrade):
>>>   firefox                   x86_64                55.0.2-2.fc26
>>> updates                 82 M
>>>   nspr-devel                x86_64                4.16.0-1.fc26
>>> updates                119 k
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>> ==============================================================================================================
>>>
>>>
>>> Skip  2 Packages
>>>
>>> Nothing to do.
>>> Complete!
>>>
>>
>> If you don't need it, or can do without it for a while, do a "dnf erase 
>> nspr-devel"
>> and then update firefox.
>>
>> [egreshko@acer ~]$ rpm -q firefox
>> firefox-55.0.2-2.fc26.x86_64
>> [egreshko@acer ~]$ rpm -q nspr-devel
>> package nspr-devel is not installed
>
> Thanks. Tried this already but was not confident that it was safe to do:
>
> $ sudo dnf erase nspr-devel
> Dependencies resolved.
> ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================
>
>  Package                                                      
> Arch                                    
> Version                                             
> Repository                                       Size
> ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================
>
> Removing:
>  nspr-devel                                                   
> x86_64                                  
> 4.16.0-1.fc26                                       
> @updates                                        446 k
> Removing depended packages:
>  evolution-data-server-devel                                  
> i686                                    
> 3.24.5-1.fc26                                       
> @@commandline                                   4.8 M
>  evolution-data-server-devel                                  
> x86_64                                  
> 3.24.5-1.fc26                                       
> @@commandline                                   4.8 M
>  libgdata-devel                                               
> x86_64                                  
> 0.17.8-1.fc26                                       
> @@commandline                                   8.1 M
>  liboauth-devel                                               
> x86_64                                  
> 1.0.3-6.fc26                                        
> @@commandline                                    42 k
>  nss-devel                                                    
> x86_64                                  
> 3.32.0-1.1.fc26                                     
> @updates                                        813 k
>  nss-softokn-devel                                            
> x86_64                                  
> 3.32.0-1.2.fc26                                     
> @updates                                         11 k
>  nss-util-devel                                               
> x86_64                                  
> 3.32.0-1.0.fc26                                     
> @updates                                        259 k
>  xulrunner-devel                                              
> x86_64                                  
> 44.0-9.fc26                                         
> @@commandline                                    54 M
> Removing unused dependencies:
>  webkitgtk4-devel                                             
> x86_64                                  
> 2.16.6-1.fc26                                       
> @@commandline                                   2.7 M
>  webkitgtk4-jsc-devel                                         
> x86_64                                  
> 2.16.6-1.fc26                                       
> @@commandline                                   327 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================
>
> Remove  3 Packages
>
> Freed space: 77 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: n
> Operation aborted.
>

The *-devel packages are "development" packages that are use if you're building 
or
recompiling source.

Most people never need these.  Removing them will not cause anything to break.  
Just
won't be able to build some packages on your own.


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