Bug 2112725

Description of problem: packages pam and pam-libs for i686 and x86_64 will not update via dnf or GNOME Software.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.5.2-13.fc36 


How reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. open GNOME Terminal
2. type "sudo dnf update"
3. press enter

Actual results: this error text appears...

> Last metadata expiration check: 0:12:24 ago on Sun 31 Jul 2022 08:03:42 PM.
> Dependencies resolved.
>
> Problem 1: pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686 has inferior architecture
>  - cannot install both pam-1.5.2-13.fc36.x86_64 and pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.x86_64
>  - cannot install the best update candidate for package pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686
>  - cannot install the best update candidate for package pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.x86_64
> Problem 2: package libpwquality-1.4.4-7.fc36.i686 requires pam(x86-32), but none of the providers can be installed
>  - package pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686 requires pam-libs(x86-32) = 1.5.2-12.fc36, but none of the providers can be installed
>  - cannot install both pam-libs-1.5.2-13.fc36.i686 and pam-libs-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686
>  - cannot install the best update candidate for package pam-libs-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686
>  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libpwquality-1.4.4-7.fc36.i686
> Problem 3: problem with installed package pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686
>  - package pam-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686 requires pam-libs(x86-32) = 1.5.2-12.fc36, but none of the providers can be installed
>  - pam-libs-1.5.2-12.fc36.i686 has inferior architecture
>  - cannot install both pam-libs-1.5.2-13.fc36.x86_64 and pam-libs-1.5.2-12.fc36.x86_64
>  - cannot install the best update candidate for package pam-libs-1.5.2-12.fc36.x86_64
================================================================================
 Package          Architecture   Version                  Repository       Size
================================================================================
> Skipping packages with conflicts:
> (add '--best --allowerasing' to command line to force their upgrade):
> pam              x86_64         1.5.2-13.fc36            updates         522 k
> pam-libs         i686           1.5.2-13.fc36            updates          61 k
> pam-libs         x86_64         1.5.2-13.fc36            updates          58 k

> Transaction Summary
================================================================================
> Skip  3 Packages

> Nothing to do.
> Complete!



Expected results: pam and pam-libs to update to the latest version.


Additional info: I have tried some troubleshooting with no success. using options like "--allowerasing" and "--best" do not resolve the issue. I attempted to remove pam but dnf stopped me since it relates to sudo. Also, ever since this bug began I have been getting significantly more problem reports. Many of them are non-descript reports that have something to do with the kernel. But wineserver has also been crashing with some frequency. Unfortunately I do not have any problem reports to share at this time since I manually deleted every entry. Also the issues would not allow me to report the problem through the Problem Reporting application.