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Created attachment 1149424 [details] terminal output Description of problem: Package kit has switched meaning of nexer/older version. Problem appears while installing jHBuild in the newcomers guide in the Fedora 23. How reproducible: Just follow this guide https://wiki.gnome.org/Newcomers/BuildGnome . Also IRC log: rluzynski paupav: if it's just PackageKit-glib or few more PackageKit-* packages then don't worry and downgrade all. Do worry if it tries to downgrade half or more of your system... aday rluzynski: ah right. i'm still on f23 - maybe that's the problem rluzynski aday: being f23 is not a problem because libappstream is managed by jhbuild. No matter how old is your basic system jhbuild should pull the newest libappstream from sources, build and install it. rluzynski uses older systems quite often 11∶43 rluzynski hughsie: from paupav's report it looks like PackageKit has switched meaning of newer/older version. What happens: jhbuild asks for a specific (or newer) version of a package => pk finds a newer version but mistakes it as older => tries to upgrade, fails because the newest version is already installed => reports to jhbuild that the version installed is too old => jhbuild does not work. hughsie reads backtrace rluzynski hughsie: http://pastebin.com/RNXzvzJ2 hughsie paupav, what's the original error? rluzynski hughsie: E: PackageKit: Error running transaction: package nspr-4.10.8-2.fc23.x86_64 (newer than nspr-4.12.0-1.fc23.x86_64) is already installed paupav I don't even know what are you asking lol. I can't build "Your First Build" on Newcomers guide https://wiki.gnome.org/Newcomers/BuildGnome aday rluzynski: thanks for the advice - got it built paupav would downgrading to Fedora 22 solve my problem? hughsie paupav, not sure; perhaps refrshing would help "pkcon refresh force" rluzynski paupav: downgrading f23=>f22 may be impossible, consider installing a virtual machine if you have f23 and need f22. paupav I mean removing fedora 23 and installing fedora 22 rluzynski paupav: probably not worth the effort. Also if you have spotted a bug in pk then it should be fixed or otherwise many people will fall into the same problem. Thanks for spotting, btw. :-)
That problem appeared when I tried to install jHBuild. If thats your only problem solution is to upgrade to fedora 24 beta. I can't confirm that bug in PackageKit was solved.
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