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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 beta, cannot install glibc-headers

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    I am trying to install the glibc-headers package on a fresh install of the 7.5 beta 1 build, but I keep ending up with a dependency error. Yum tries to resolve it into installing the 32-bit glibc (which I do not want), and fails. Following the advice and changing the Yum configuration does not help.

    LC_ALL=C yum install glibc-headers

    Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
    Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.17-196.el7_4.2 will be installed
    --> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.17-196.el7_4.2 for package: glibc-headers-2.17-196.el7_4.2.x86_64
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.17-196.el7_4.2 will be installed
    --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.17-196.el7_4.2 for package: glibc-2.17-196.el7_4.2.i686
    --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so for package: glibc-2.17-196.el7_4.2.i686
    --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) for package: glibc-2.17-196.el7_4.2.i686
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.17-196.el7_4.2 will be installed
    --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.17-196.el7_4.2 for package: glibc-2.17-196.el7_4.2.i686
    ---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.i686 0:3.28.3-8.el7_4 will be installed
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution
    Error: Package: glibc-2.17-196.el7_4.2.i686 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    Requires: glibc-common = 2.17-196.el7_4.2
    Installed: glibc-common-2.17-220.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.5)
    glibc-common = 2.17-220.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.1
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.3
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-55.el7_0.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-55.el7_0.5
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-78.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-105.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-105.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.1
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.4
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.6.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.6
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-106.el7_2.8.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-106.el7_2.8
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.1.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.1
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.2
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.4.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.4
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-157.el7_3.5.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-157.el7_3.5
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-196.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-196.el7
    Available: glibc-common-2.17-196.el7_4.2.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-rpms)
    glibc-common = 2.17-196.el7_4.2


    yum can be configured to try to resolve such errors by temporarily enabling
    disabled repos and searching for missing dependencies.
    To enable this functionality please set 'notify_only=0' in /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/search-disabled-repos.conf


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