Description of problem: This is a weird corner case error we've just found while trying to debug something else. The problem goes like this: 1. You have pkgA-1.x86_64 installed. 2. You want to install PkgBB-7.i386. 3. PkgBB-7 requires libA.so.2 4. libA.so.2 is provided by pkgA-2.i386 ...atm. you can reproduce this fairly easily by doing: . reserve_workflow.py -u <user> -T 24h -S rhts.redhat.com -d RHEL5-Server-U1 -a x86_64 . register with RHN . run yum install gtk2.i386 ...here pkgA == cups-libs and PkgBB == gtk2. Or the same with enabling of the Beta channels and installing the new 3.2.8 yum first. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All known yum releases. 3.0.1 tries to install just the new cups-libs.i386, and so rpm says no because it won't accept cups-libs-new.i386 and cup-libs-old.x86_64. 3.2.8 tries to update to just the new cup-libs.x86_64, and so rpm says no because no cups-libs.i386 is installed at all.
We've got a fix, which we think is good, passes all the unit tests etc. and we've put it into upstream (and so should be in new yum upstream/rawhide release within a few days). So I'd like to propose that we include it in RHEL-5.2 Pros. for putting this fix into 3.2.8/RHEL-5.2 . it's a small change . it fixes a known problem, with a consistent reproducer. . no known regressions on the unit tests. . we should see a lot of testing before GA and if anything does go wrong, it's easy to revert it by GA. Cons for not putting the fix into 3.2.8/RHEL-5.2 . We haven't got this right before, so it's not a regression to just leave it as a known bug. . Public beta has already gone out. . It's _possible_ something could go wrong, that we can't forsee that we only find out about after GA.
yeh, that looks right.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0388.html
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