Bug 671160 - yum won't run
Summary: yum won't run
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: yum
Version: 5.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: James Antill
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-20 16:15 UTC by Jeff
Modified: 2014-01-21 06:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-01-20 16:38:17 UTC
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Description Jeff 2011-01-20 16:15:15 UTC 
Description of problem:
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
freetype is needed by (installed) freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Linux farkel.res.redprairie.com 2.6.18-186.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 27 18:14:15 EST 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 Beta (Tikanga)
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How reproducible:
Every attempt to run YUM fails.
This system was upgraded from RH4 to RH5.5

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum update
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Actual results:
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
freetype is needed by (installed) freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386

Expected results:
update/upgrade work

Additional info:
Comment 1 James Antill 2011-01-20 16:38:17 UTC 
> This system was upgraded from RH4 to RH5.5

This isn't supported, AFAIK. You should probably talk with your support contact.

> freetype is needed by (installed) freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386

My most obvious guess is that the rpmdb is currently "broken" in some way. You can try:

rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
yum list '*el4*'
package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes

...but again, you might want to phone someone up.
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