Yum update fails with dependency error for "file-5.04-30.el6.x86_64" packages

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Issue

  • Yum update fails with below message:
Error: Package: file-5.04-30.el6.x86_64 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
           Requires: file-libs = 5.04-30.el6
           Installed: file-libs-5.04-21.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201409260744.x86_64/6.6)
               file-libs = 5.04-21.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-5.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-5.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-6.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-6.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-9.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-9.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-11.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-11.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-13.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-13.el6
           Available: file-libs-5.04-15.el6.i686 (rhel-6-server-rpms)
               file-libs = 5.04-15.el6
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

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