[BlueOnyx:23021] Re: yum update 5108R to 5208R problem

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Thomas,

> I was trying to upgrade a 5108R tto 5208R thru yum, went well on 4 other serveres but the last one has a few complains
> 
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: MySQL-python-1.2.3-0.3.c1.1.el6.x86_64 (base)
>            Requires: libmysqlclient_r.so.16()(64bit)
>            Available: mysql-libs-5.1.73-8.el6_8.x86_64 (base)
>                libmysqlclient_r.so.16()(64bit)
>            Installed: mysql-libs-5.5.34-2.el6.x86_64 (installed)
>                Not found
> Error: Package: MySQL-python-1.2.3-0.3.c1.1.el6.x86_64 (base)
>            Requires: libmysqlclient_r.so.16(libmysqlclient_16)(64bit)
>            Available: mysql-libs-5.1.73-8.el6_8.x86_64 (base)
>                libmysqlclient_r.so.16(libmysqlclient_16)(64bit)
>            Installed: mysql-libs-5.5.34-2.el6.x86_64 (installed)
>                Not found
>  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> ** Found 2 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
> libgudev1-147-2.73.el6_8.2.x86_64 has missing requires of libudev = ('0', '147', '2.73.el6_8.2')
> mysql-test-5.5.34-2.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of perl(Time::HiRes)

Yeah, this is a nice Catch-22: The newer MySQL is available for 5208R
and the older one you have currently installed via PKG is apparently
stopping the yum update dead in its tracks.

If you send me the login details (offlist per Email or here at the
Compass ticket system: http://support.compassnetworks.com.au/) I'll fix
it for you.

Alternatively try this:

Stop MySQLd. Find out where the database directory is. It could be
/home/mysql or it could be /var/lib/mysql

Make a copy of that into a safe place and then uninstall the MySQL PKG.
That will reinstall the stock MySQLd. Do the yum update again and once
you're on 5208R grab the MySQL-5.5 from Third Party Software and
reinstall that. Once that's back in MySQL should start working again.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber