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  • couldn't update glibc.

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    hello everyone,

    i am tring to update glibc but there is a conflict with an old version

    here is the error

    rpm -qa | grep -i glibc

    glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    compat-glibc-2.5-46.2.x86_64
    compat-glibc-headers-2.5-46.2.x86_64
    glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
    glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.i686
    glibc-static-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64

    yum update glibc
    Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
    Setting up Update Process
    Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 will be updated
    --> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 for package: nscd-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
    --> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 for package: glibc-common-2.12-1.47.el6_2.9.x86_64
    ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 will be updated
    ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 will be an update
    ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 will be an update
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 will be updated
    ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 will be an update
    ---> Package nscd.x86_64 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 will be updated
    ---> Package nscd.x86_64 0:2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 will be an update
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution

    Dependencies Resolved

    ======================================================================================================================================================

    Package Arch Version Repository Size

    Updating:
    glibc i686 2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 4.3 M
    glibc x86_64 2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 3.8 M
    Updating for dependencies:
    glibc-common x86_64 2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 14 M
    nscd x86_64 2.12-1.166.el6_7.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 227 k

    Transaction Summary

    Upgrade 4 Package(s)

    Total size: 23 M
    Is this ok [y/N]: y
    Downloading Packages:
    Running rpm_check_debug
    ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
    glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12 is needed by (installed) glibc-headers-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12 is needed by (installed) glibc-devel-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12 is needed by (installed) glibc-headers-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    glibc = 2.12-1.47.el6_2.12 is needed by (installed) glibc-devel-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64
    ** Found 2 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
    glibc-devel-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0', '2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12')
    glibc-headers-2.12-1.47.el6_2.12.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0', '2.12', '1.47.el6_2.12')
    Your transaction was saved, rerun it with: yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx-2015-08-02-10-19fy96eA.yumtx

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