"yum install glibc-devel" = Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6

[nat101l]

I just upgraded FC3 > FC 4. Then 'yum update', fine and dandy.

Then I tried to install glibc-devel (/media/cdrecorder/Fedora/RPMS
) and here is a copy of events.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# yum install glibc-devel
Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
kde-redhat-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-kernheaders.i386 0:2.4-9.1.94 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 is needed by package glibc
Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please help. Thanks.
-nat

[brunson]

That's a very odd error. Try doing "yum clean all" and doing the install again.

[nat101l]

There is >3 gigs of yum cache on this system. I hesitate to do a clean all, even though it sounds right.
Is this my last resort option?
tx;
-nat
ps. there are quite a few older fc3 specific pkgs in the yum cache. If I delete those by hand, am I wasting my time?

[ilja]

sounds like a conflict between them :
dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
kde-redhat-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00

try to deactivate extras

[nat101l]

It did not solve the problem, but wow! It did *something*:
--------------------
[root@oldserver RPMS]# yum install glibc-devel
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
kde-redhat-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 346 kB 00:03
updates-re: ################################################## 1006/1006
Added 126 new packages, deleted 125 old in 4.58 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
---> Package glibc.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-kernheaders.i386 0:2.4-9.1.94 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 is needed by package glibc
Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6

--------------------
tx
-nat

[ilja]

try to do a yum search glibc and to see which repositories offer which package and to disable confligting repositories.

[nat101l]

This IS queer. Note that again it added 125 pkg's etc.
Please help sort this out! Maybe I should clean all anyhow. Even then, should I keep dries and dag active?
(Note: I replaced detailed text descriptions with '...'.)
-----------------------------------------------------
# yum search glibc
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
dries 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
kde-redhat-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
freshrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 345 kB 00:03
updates-re: ################################################## 1005/1005
Added 125 new packages, deleted 126 old in 3.74 seconds


python-utmp.i386 0.7-1.2.fc4.rf dries
Matched from:
This package provides 3 python modules to access utmp and wtmp
records. ...

perl-Crypt-Memfrob.noarch 1.00-1.2.fc4.rf dries
Matched from:
This package provides one function 'memfrob.' ...

glibc.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc
...

glibc-devel.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc-devel
...

glibc-headers.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc-headers
...

glibc-profile.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc-profile
...

glibc-common.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc-common
Common binaries and locale data for glibc
...

glibc-utils.i386 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc-utils
The glibc-utils package contains memusage, a memory usage profiler,
...

glibc.i686 2.3.5-10 base
Matched from:
glibc
...

glibc-kernheaders.i386 2.4-9.1.94 base
Matched from:
glibc-kernheaders
Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
...

yp-tools.i386 2.8-8 base
Matched from:
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a system which provides
...

nss_db.i386 2.2-31 base
Matched from:
http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/


nss_db-compat.i386 2.2-31 base
Matched from:
An NSS compatibility library for Berkeley Databases and glibc 2.0.x.
...

gnu.getopt.noarch 1.0.9-4jpp_1fc base
Matched from:
The GNU Java getopt classes support short and long argument parsing in
...

glibc-debuginfo.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-debuginfo
...

glibc-debuginfo-common.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-debuginfo-common
...

glibc-debuginfo.i686 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-debuginfo
...

glibc.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc
...

glibc-devel.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-devel
....

glibc-headers.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-headers
....

glibc-profile.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-profile
...

glibc-common.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-common
...

glibc-utils.i386 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc-utils
....

glibc.i686 2.3.5-10.3 updates-released
Matched from:
glibc
...

nss_db.i386 2.2-31 installed
Matched from:
http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/


glibc-common.i386 2.3.6-0.fc3.1 installed
Matched from:
glibc-common
Common binaries and locale data for glibc.
...

yp-tools.i386 2.8-8 installed
Matched from:
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a system that provides
....

glibc.i686 2.3.6-0.fc3.1 installed
Matched from:
glibc
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
....
------------------------------
Thank you all.
-nat

[ilja]

It is a bit risky, but I would:
remove the installed glibc

rpm --nodeps -e glibc

and install one more time the one from updates-released

yum install glibc glibc-common

But I am not sure, whether this works!

[brunson]

Removing glibc would be a horrible, horrible idea. *Everything* on your system uses glibc.

Cleaning your cache is perfectly fine, it's *cache*, it'll just download stuff again. I'll bet that 95% of that 3GB is actually packages with only a small portion of it being headers and metadata.

rpm -q --whatprovides glibc and rpm -q --whatrequires glibc may clue you in to something out of whack.

Disable the non-fedora repos and clear the cache.

If clearing the cache doesn't clean things up, then you might want to try "rpm -e --justdb glibc" and reinstall, but removing glibc with nodeps will leave you re-installing your system.

[nat101l]

Whew! I'll take it slow.
# rpm -q --whatprovides glibc
glibc-2.3.6-0.fc3.1
# rpm -q --whatrequires glibc
bluez-bluefw-1.0-6
sed-4.1.4-1
authconfig-4.6.12-1
prelink-0.3.4-3
bluez-hcidump-1.18-1
ppp-2.4.2-7
openldap-2.2.29-1.FC4
bind-9.3.1-14_FC4
#

And why did I need this in the first place? Cause I had to:
# rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.
rpm error: Failed dependencies: glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 is needed by compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386

Thanks
-nat.

[nat101l]

fwiw
# yum clean all
Cleaning up Everything
946 headers removed
931 packages removed
12 metadata files removed
6 cache files removed
6 cache files removed
#
-nat

[nat101l]

Didn't solve the problem.

# yum install glibc-devel
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
kde-redhat-stable 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 68 kB 00:00
kde-redhat: ################################################## 164/164
Added 164 new packages, deleted 0 old in 2.37 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 160 kB 00:28
http://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/pub/Linux...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.averse.net/fedora/linu...rimary.xml.gz: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:55:17 GMT
Server: Apache
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Trying other mirror.
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 824 kB 00:05
base : ################################################## 2772/2772
Added 2772 new packages, deleted 0 old in 22.98 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 345 kB 00:02
updates-re: ################################################## 1005/1005
Added 1005 new packages, deleted 0 old in 11.06 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for glibc-devel to pack into transaction set.
glibc-devel-2.3.5-10.3.i3 100% |=========================| 88 kB 00:00
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for glibc-headers to pack into transaction set.
glibc-headers-2.3.5-10.3. 100% |=========================| 121 kB 00:00
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for glibc to pack into transaction set.
glibc-2.3.5-10.3.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 118 kB 00:00
---> Package glibc.i386 0:2.3.5-10.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for glibc-kernheaders to pack into transaction set.
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1 100% |=========================| 73 kB 00:00
---> Package glibc-kernheaders.i386 0:2.4-9.1.94 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: glibc-common conflicts glibc < 2.3.6
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 for package: glibc
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.5-10.3 is needed by package glibc
Error: glibc-common conflicts with glibc < 2.3.6
#

Does this console dump tell you anything new?
thanks
-nat

[nat101l]

Originally Posted by brunson

...
then you might want to try "rpm -e --justdb glibc" and reinstall

reinstall what? Please a little bit more specific.
-nat

[nat101l]

Can't I just first install, via rpm,

1. glibc-2.3.5-10.3.i686.rpm 23-Aug-2005 14:07 5.7M
2. glibc-common-2.3.5-10.3.i386.rpm 23-Aug-2005 14:07 15M
3. glibc-devel-2.3.5-10.3.i386.rpm 23-Aug-2005 14:07 1.9M
and if required , one of the following
glibc-headers-2.3.5-10.3.i386..> 23-Aug-2005 14:07 596K
glibc-profile-2.3.5-10.3.i386..> 23-Aug-2005 14:07 1.1M
glibc-utils-2.3.5-10.3.i386.rpm 23-Aug-2005 14:07 100K

and AFTERWARDS remove the fc3 specific pair of rpm's?

Thanks;
-nat

[markkuk]

Originally Posted by nat101l

glibc-common.i386 2.3.6-0.fc3.1 installed
Matched from:
glibc-common
Common binaries and locale data for glibc.
...

glibc.i686 2.3.6-0.fc3.1 installed
Matched from:
glibc
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
....

Those packages are the cause of your problem, FC4 should have glibc and glibc-common version 2.3.5-10.3. Use "rpm -U --oldpackage" to replace the FC3 libraries with FC4 ones.