update dependency problems everywhere

[tsnake]

I was trying to update my system today and apt-get and up2date both ran into the serious problem that it appears nothing with install because there are just way too many dependencies that aren't met.
Getting the rpms was no problem (well, after importing the gpg keys)
Below is the output. I will trim a BUNCH of lines from the 407!!! lines of dependency complaints. I'm at my wit's end, after surfing for hours trying to find anything resembling help. I can't fathom how I'd go about installing all those needed files, since I did find that many of THEM require unmet dependencies. I'm running FC1 and tis problem only seemed to creep up on me today.

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
a52dec (0.7.4-4.fr => 0.7.4-5.fr)
alsa-lib (1.0.2-0.fdr.1.1 => 1.0.2-2.fr)
faad2 (2.0-0.3.rc3.fr => 2.0-1.fr)
grip (3.0.7-3 => 3.1.4-2.fr)
gstreamer (0.6.3-1 => 0.6.4-0.1)
[snip]
spamassassin (2.60-2 => 2.63-0.2)
synaptic (0.45-1.1 => 0.47-1.fr)
xchat (2.0.4-4 => 2.0.7-1.FC1.0)
xmame (0.72.1-0.rh80.1.fr => 0.79.1-1.fr)
xmame-SDL (0.72.1-0.rh80.1.fr => 0.79.1-1.fr)
xvidcore (0.9.2-3.fr => 1.0.0-0.rc2.1.fr)
yum (2.0.4-2 => 2.0.5-1.fd.fr)
zvbi (0.2.4-fr1 => 0.2.5-1.fr)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kernel#2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl)
kernel-source#2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl)
The following packages have been kept back
ffmpeg (0.4.8-1.vl => 0.4.8-2.fr)
gstreamer-plugins (0.6.3-3 => 0.6.4-0.3.fr)
libavc1394-devel (0.3.1-5 => 0.4.1-2.fr)
libdvbpsi (0.1.3-2.fr => 0.1.4-1.fr)
29 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 removed and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/75.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 217MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Checking GPG signatures...
fileutils is needed by kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
modutils >= 2.4.18 is needed by kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
initscripts >= 5.83 is needed by kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
mkinitrd >= 3.2.6 is needed by kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
fileutils is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
gawk is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
gcc >= 2.96-98 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
gcc32 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
libc.so.6 is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
[snip]
libpango-1.0.so.0 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpangox-1.0.so.0 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libperl.so is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpthread.so.0 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libresolv.so.2 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libssl.so.4 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libutil.so.1 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
libz.so.1 is needed by xchat-2.0.7-1.FC1.0
E: Transaction set check failed

[fish]

Hmmmm... have you checked to see if you do have any of the programs that it needs? Try rpm -qi modutils to see if your version is greater than 2.4.18 (mine is at 2.4.25).

[tsnake]

Good point. I did run the query and modutils IS 2.4.25, which tells me something is wrong and well, I haven't the foggiest idea how to deal with it, other than forcing the installs, which I did try with one RPM and it still complained about something.

A couple other examples are :
initscripts: wants >= 5.83 I have 7.42.2
gcc: wants >= 2.96-98 I have 3.3.2

Ok, I see a trend :twisted:

:? Any ideas?
MANY thanks,
Chris

[tsnake]

If anyone cares.. I figured it out.

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

I didn't even think of rebuilding the db, but lack of any responce in that direction, I fell upon it myself.