FW: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM

[Rick Matthews]

> A great place that I use is rpmfind.net you can
> search by the files that you need, and it will
> tell you pretty closely which RPM the file is
> associated with.

Yes, rpmfind is very helpful. As I mentioned in my message below I
used rpmfind to determine which package contained the files that it
said I was missing.

Let me try restating my problem.

An RPM update to perl-Perl-RPM 0.291-2 failed, stating missing
dependencies:
librpm.so.0
librpmio.so.0

Those two files (librpm.so.0 & librpmio.so.0) are provided by the
rpm package.

I did a "rpm --query rpm" and received "rpm-4.0.2-8".

I did a "rpm -q rpm-4.0.2-8 -l" and the resulting list included the
2 files listed above.

I did a " rpm -q rpm-4.0.2-8 -s" and it said the state of the two
files listed above was "normal".

The two files are listed as being located:
/usr/lib/librpm.so.0
/usr/lib/librpmio.so.0

When I do a "ls /usr/lib/librpm.so.0" I'm told:
lrwxrwxrwx
1 root     root
15 Sep 27 23:44
librpm.so.0 -> librpm.so.0.0.0*
(normally all on one line)

A "ls /usr/lib/librpmio.so.0" yields:
lrwxrwxrwx
1 root     root
17 Sep 27 23:44
/usr/lib/librpmio.so.0 -> librpmio.so.0.0.0*
(normally all on one line)

To summarize, rpm refuses to update perl-Perl-RPM 0.291-2 because of
missing dependencies librpm.so.0 & librpmio.so.0, but those two
files are provided in a package that I have installed, rpm-4.0.2-8.
When I inquire about the two files they both show as symbolic links
to other files.

Questions:
a) Wonder how it got this way? (I don't experiment with rpm)
b) How do I get things back on track so that rpm can perform the
upgrade to perl-Perl-RPM 0.291-2?

Thanks.
Rick Matthews

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On
Behalf
Of Tom Woody
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:58 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: FW: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM


A great place that I use is rpmfind.net you can search by the files
that you need, and it will tell you pretty closely which RPM the
file is associated with.

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:19:20 -0600
"Rick Matthews" <RedHat.Linux at verizon.net> wrote:

> I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me with my question
> about upgrade dependencies.
>
> Thank you.
> Rick Matthews
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf
> Of Rick Matthews
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:47 AM
> To: Discuss at Ntlug. Org
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM
>
>
> I've been using the Red Hat network to update my RH 7.1 box and
have
> been really pleased with how well it has worked. So I was
surprised
> a day or two ago when the update to rpm-4.0.4-7 failed.
>
<https://rhn.redhat.com/network/errata/errata_details.pxt?eid=1054>
> (Updates for gnorpm, kpackage, up2date, rpmfind, and other
packages
> that use rpm are included as well.)
>
> I wanted to ask here about the appropriate action to take before
> instead of using my normal TAM (thrashing-about-method). [I
haven't
> needed TAM since I started using RHN's up2date.)
>
> The update to perl-Perl-RPM 0.291-2 failed, stating that it
requires
> librpm.so.0 and librpmio.so.0. I looked up those two files on
> rpmfind, and found that they are part of rpm-4.0.2-8.i386.
>
> I did an rpm files list on my rpm-4.0.2 and both of those files
are
> listed, but with symbolic links:
>
> librpm.so.0   > librpm.so.0.0.0
> librpmio.so.0 > librpmio.so.0.0.0
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> TIA for your assistance!
>
> Rick Matthews
>
>
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