[Novalug] Fedora 6 - yum (not) update

[Shawn Wells]

Clif Flynt wrote:
> I've got a F6 system that I decided to bring up to current.
>
> No real reason, just seemed like a good idea at the time.
>
> The "yum update" fails with this error:
>
> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Sys/Syslog.pm from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package perl-Sys-Syslog-0.18-1
>   file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.so from install of perl-5.8.8-12 conflicts with file from package perl-Sys-Syslog-0.18-1
>
> Obviously, something I've got is incompatible with something it wants to
> get.  I don't think these are features I'm using (but it can be hard to tell
> what's called from something called from something called from a monthly
> cron entry).
>
> Anyone got a suggestion for how to break the block?  Update something
> first?  Delete a package then reinstall?
>
> Clif
>
>   
I'm not 100% sure on the Fedora releases, but you should be able to

# yum update redhat-release
# yum update

You may want to yum -y update so you don't get prompted for the packages 
individually.


-- 
Shawn D. Wells
Solutions Architect, Federal Team
swells at redhat.com
C: 443-534-0130


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