yum update throws transaction check error for subversion packages.

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Issue

  • Yum update command throws following error while updating packages:

    # yum update 
    Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security 
    Skipping security plugin, no data 
    Setting up Update Process 
    Resolving Dependencies 
    Skipping security plugin, no data 
    --> Running transaction check 
    ---> Package memcached.x86_64 0:1.4.5-1.el5.rf set to be updated 
    ---> Package subversion.x86_64 0:1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf set to be updated 
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution 
    
    Dependencies Resolved 
    
    ======================================================================================================================================= 
     Package                        Arch                       Version                                  Repository                    Size 
    ======================================================================================================================================= 
    Updating: 
     memcached                      x86_64                     1.4.5-1.el5.rf                           rpmforge                      80 k 
     subversion                     x86_64                     1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf                        rpmforge                     6.8 M 
    
    Transaction Summary 
    ======================================================================================================================================= 
    Install      0 Package(s)          
    Update       2 Package(s)          
    Remove       0 Package(s)          
    
    Total size: 6.9 M 
    Total download size: 80 k 
    Is this ok [y/N]: y 
    Downloading Packages: 
    memcached-1.4.5-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm                                                                             |  80 kB     00:00      
    Running rpm_check_debug 
    Running Transaction Test 
    Finished Transaction Test 
    
    Transaction Check Error: 
      file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/subversion.mo from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/man/man1/svn.1.gz from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/man/man1/svnadmin.1.gz from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/man/man1/svnlook.1.gz from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/man/man5/svnserve.conf.5.gz from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/man/man8/svnserve.8.gz from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
      file /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.6.11-0.1.el5.rf.x86_64 conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 4

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