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Bug 1456204

Summary: glibc-static RPM dependency problem
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Tom Herbert <therbert>
Component: glibcAssignee: glibc team <glibc-bugzilla>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.3CC: ashankar, bmcfall, fweimer, jakub, mnewsome, ohudlick, pfrankli
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Hardware: x86_64   
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Last Closed: 2017-05-29 11:37:43 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Tom Herbert 2017-05-27 18:23:05 UTC
Description of problem:
glibc static wouldn't install:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-static-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64


How reproducible:



Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum groupinstall 'C Development Tools'
2.  yum install glibc-static
3.

Actual results:


Expected results:
Successful install

Additional info:
This worked fine a few days ago. I assume some dependency conflict crept in with an update to glibc-headers.


sudo yum install glibc-static
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-static.x86_64 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-static-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-devel.i686 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libBrokenLocale.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libanl.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcidn.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypt.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libdl.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libm.so.6 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnsl.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_compat.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_db.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_dns.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_files.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_hesiod.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_nis.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libnss_nisplus.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libresolv.so.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: librt.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libthread_db.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libutil.so.1 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so for package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) for package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
---> Package glibc-devel.i686 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
---> Package glibc-devel.i686 0:2.17-157.el7_3.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2 for package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686
---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 0:3.16.2.3-14.4.el7 will be updated
---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.i686 0:3.28.3-4.el7 will be installed
---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 0:3.28.3-4.el7 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           Requires: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
           Installed: glibc-headers-2.17-194.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-htb-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-194.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.3
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.5
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-78.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-105.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-105.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.4
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.6.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.6
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.8.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.8
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7_3.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
Error: Package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           Requires: glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
           Installed: glibc-common-2.17-194.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-htb-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-194.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.3
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.5
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-78.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-105.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-105.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.4
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.6.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.6
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.8.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.8
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
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disabled repos and searching for missing dependencies.
To enable this functionality please set 'notify_only=0' in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/search-disabled-repos.conf
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Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           Requires: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
           Installed: glibc-headers-2.17-194.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-htb-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-194.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.3
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7_0.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-55.el7_0.5
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-78.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-105.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-105.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.4
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.6.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.6
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-106.el7_2.8.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-106.el7_2.8
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7_3.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.1
           Available: glibc-headers-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
Error: Package: glibc-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
           Requires: glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
           Installed: glibc-common-2.17-194.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-htb-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-194.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.3
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.5
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-78.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-105.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-105.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.4
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.6.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.6
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.8.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-aus-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.8
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.1
           Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
               glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Comment 3 Florian Weimer 2017-05-29 11:37:43 UTC
(In reply to Tom Herbert from comment #0)
> Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.17-157.el7_3.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
>            Requires: glibc-headers = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
>            Installed: glibc-headers-2.17-194.el7.x86_64
> (@rhel-7-server-htb-rpms)

You installed glibc from the 7.4 beta channel, and subsequently disabled that channel.  This is not a glibc bug.