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On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 08:45 -0400, Matthew Gillen wrote: > Robert La Ferla wrote: > > I am trying to download and install "rpm", rpm-build", "rpm-devel", and > > "rpm-python" using up2date but I am getting this error message: > > > > There was a package dependency problem. The message was: > > > > Unresolvable chain of dependencies: > > apt-0.5.15cnc6-53.1.rhfc3.at requires rpm = 4.3.2 > ^^^ > Looks like you're trying to install a package compiled for FC3. You > probably have a hard-coded "release version" in your up2date/yum config. > Try to get one that ends in rhfc4.at Hi folks, For Fedora (and every other RPM-based distro), mixing-and-matching RPMs from different versions and different repositories and/or sources will sometimes (often?) work. But its also somewhat likely to create a miserable tangle of unresolvable dependencies and RPMs that conflict in obvious-to-extremely-subtle ways (file and/or directory ownership and permission, library versions, ABIs, pre-/post-install scripts that trample on other packages, etc.). So, its generally a good idea to use as few different RPM "repos" or other sources as possible and to very carefully limit the scope/number of RPMs you install. Although the situation has changed somewhat over the past 1+ years since DAG wrote this: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#D the recommendation is still pretty good advice. Fedora Extras is now much more open and people are able to join and work on the packaging process as package owners and maintainers: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras Ed ps - Its difficult enough to get just *one* RPM repository to be completely self-consistent. Creating a big group of compatible packages is not an easy task. Lots of little fiddly things can, and frequently do, conflict. Trying to harmonize across multiple different repositories and major releases (Core 3,4,...) only compounds the problems. -- Edward H. Hill III, PhD office: MIT Dept. of EAPS; Rm 54-1424; 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 emails: eh3 at mit.edu ed at eh3.com URLs: http://web.mit.edu/eh3/ http://eh3.com/ phone: 617-253-0098 fax: 617-253-4464
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