[BlueOnyx:14378] Re: Yum Update problems

[Michael Stauber]

Hi DD,

> Yum Update recommends running yum-complete-transaction but this
> eventually gets to the following output loop.

Yeah, in my experience "yum-complete-transaction" hardly ever does what
I want it to do.

> Yum clean all / yum update now lists duplicates and does not continue, eg:
> 
> udev-147-2.51.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with 
> udev-147-2.46.el6.x86_64
> 
> upstart-0.6.5-12.el6_4.1.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> upstart-0.6.5-12.el6.x86_64
> 
> util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.14.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.9.el6.x86_64
> 
> xmlrpc-c-1.16.24-1210.1840.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> xmlrpc-c-1.16.24-1209.1840.el6.x86_64
> 
> xmlrpc-c-client-1.16.24-1210.1840.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with
> xmlrpc-c-client-1.16.24-1209.1840.el6.x86_64

If it's just a few duplicates, then I'd suggest to fix it manually. To
do so delete the *newer* RPM from the YUM database like this:

rpm -e --justdb udev-147-2.51.el6.x86_64

Repeat this for the other duplicates as well and always delete just the
newer version of the conflicting RPM.

That will just remove the RPM database entry for that RPM, but it will
not remove any actual files from the system.

Once you have taken care of the duplicates that way, you can run another
"yum update" and it'll properly install the newer versions of these RPMs
again.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber