Description of problem: yum update fails with many missing dependencies Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 16 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: See attachment file Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 584068 [details] The second yum update log file is from a different host (mustard) and shows similar errors. My second attachment is the log file from a different host also running FC 16.
Comment on attachment 584068 [details] The second yum update log file is from a different host (mustard) and shows similar errors. This second yum update log file is from a different host (mustard) and shows similar errors.
Created attachment 584069 [details] FC16 yum update log (first attachment) This is the first attachment form a host (paprika) running Fedora 16 and shows the update log from the command ^yum update'.
*** Bug 821131 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
IN both cases you have pre-existing rpmdb problems. You can use install/reinstall/remove to fix these (and yum check to make sure they are gone). After fixing the pre-existing problems, yum will work again.
Thank you! Following your advices I was able to fix the reported issues.