FW: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrade Dependencies - RPM

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On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Rick Matthews wrote:

> > 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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> 
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