次のエラーにより yum update 出来ない対策[root@Fedora7 ~]# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 609 kB 00:00
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
filelists.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:00
---> Package policycoreutils-gui.i386 0:2.0.16-6.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:2.6.4-21.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package policycoreutils.i386 0:2.0.16-6.fc7 set to be updated
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… 省略
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---> Package shadow-utils.i386 2:4.0.18.1-15.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package NetworkManager.i386 1:0.6.5-6.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package pcmciautils.i386 0:014-9.fc7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libhowl.so.0 for package: libpurple
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libhowl.so.0 is needed by package libpurple
[[ 対 策 ]](いろいろ調べてみたが忘れてしまったので割愛)
fedora-development の avahi-compat-howl をインストール
[root@Fedora7 ~]# yum install --enablerepo=development avahi-compat-howl
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package avahi-compat-howl.i386 0:0.6.20-3.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: avahi = 0.6.20 for package: avahi-compat-howl
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package avahi.i386 0:0.6.20-3.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libdaemon >= 0.11 for package: avahi
--> Processing Dependency: avahi = 0.6.17 for package: avahi-glib
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package avahi-glib.i386 0:0.6.20-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package libdaemon.i386 0:0.11-1.fc8 set to be updated
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
avahi-compat-howl i386 0.6.20-3.fc8 development 29 k
Updating for dependencies:
avahi i386 0.6.20-3.fc8 development 233 k
avahi-glib i386 0.6.20-3.fc8 development 15 k
libdaemon i386 0.11-1.fc8 development 25 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Update 3 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
fedora-development.repo は常時 enable=1 にはしておかない
迂闊に yum -y update でもしたら kernel(.fc8) も含めほとんどのファイルが
.fc8 にアップしてしまい最悪起動すらできなくなる恐れあり