yum update fails with subscription-manager dependencies.
Issue
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yum update fails with below error when version locked to 7.5 or lower and the extras repository (rhel-7-server-extras-rpms) is enabled.
# yum update Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package python-rhsm.x86_64 0:1.19.10-1.el7_4 will be obsoleted ---> Package python-rhsm-certificates.x86_64 0:1.19.10-1.el7_4 will be obsoleted ---> Package subscription-manager.x86_64 0:1.19.23-1.el7_4 will be updated ---> Package subscription-manager.x86_64 0:1.21.10-2.el7 will be an update --> Processing Dependency: python-dmidecode >= 3.12.2-2 for package: subscription-manager-1.21.10-2.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: python-inotify for package: subscription-manager-1.21.10-2.el7.x86_64 ---> Package subscription-manager-rhsm.x86_64 0:1.21.10-2.el7 will be obsoleting ---> Package subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates.x86_64 0:1.21.10-2.el7 will be obsoleting --> Running transaction check ---> Package python-inotify.noarch 0:0.9.4-4.el7 will be installed ---> Package subscription-manager.x86_64 0:1.21.10-2.el7 will be an update --> Processing Dependency: python-dmidecode >= 3.12.2-2 for package: subscription-manager-1.21.10-2.el7.x86_64 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: subscription-manager-1.21.10-2.el7.x86_64 (rhel-7-server-extras-rpms) Requires: python-dmidecode >= 3.12.2-2 Installed: python-dmidecode-3.12.2-1.1.el7.x86_64
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- subscription-manager release --set=7.5 (or lower)
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