Depsolving problems "/bin/cpio is needed by package redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386 (installed)" on RHEL 5

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Issue

  • Updating the RHEL 5.3 system packages using yum cause depsolving problems "/bin/cpio is needed by package redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386 (installed)"
  • Unable to update via yum update

  • Error message:

    --> Finished Dependency Resolution 
redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386 from installed has depsolving problems 
  --> Missing Dependency: /bin/cpio is needed by package redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386 (installed) 
Error: Missing Dependency: /bin/cpio is needed by package redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.i386 (installed)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Yum

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