yum update on Red Hat Satellite fails if epel repository is enabled
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Satellite v5.x
Issue
- yum update fails with conflicts on different packages.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
PyPAM x86_64 0.5.0-7.el5.1 epel 23 k
bea-stax x86_64 1.2.0-0.4.rc1.el5 epel 430 k
bea-stax-api x86_64 1.2.0-0.4.rc1.el5 epel 61 k
bind x86_64 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 rhel-x86_64-server-5 986 k
bind-libs x86_64 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 rhel-x86_64-server-5 891 k
bind-utils x86_64 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 rhel-x86_64-server-5 176 k
cobbler noarch 2.0.9-1.el5 epel 546 k
jabberd x86_64 2.2.11-2.el5 epel 634 k
jabberpy noarch 0.5-0.17.el5 epel 96 k
jakarta-commons-cli x86_64 1.0-6jpp_10.el5 epel 76 k
jakarta-commons-io noarch 1.4-3.el5 epel 105 k
jcommon x86_64 1.0.12-4.el5 epel 690 k
jfreechart noarch 1.0.10-1.el5 epel 1.3 M
m2crypto x86_64 0.16-6.1.el5_5.1 rhel-x86_64-server-5
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Transaction Check Error:
file /etc/jabberd/server.pem from install of jabberd-2.2.11-2.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package rhn-org-httpd-ssl-key-pair-satellite-1.0-2.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::Locale.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-Locale-0.09-10.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::Locale::Base.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-Locale-0.09-10.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::LocaleCatalog.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-Locale-0.09-10.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::TimeZone.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-TimeZone-0.59-8.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::TimeZone::Floating.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-TimeZone-0.59-8.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/man/man3/DateTime::TimeZone::Local.3pm.gz from install of perl-DateTime-0.41-1.el5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package perl-DateTime-TimeZone-0.59-8.el5sat.noarch
- yum update fails on dependency issues.
--> Running transaction check---> Package cobbler.noarch 0:2.0.7-23.el6sat will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: cobbler < 2.1 for package: satellite-branding-5.5.0.7-1.el6sat.noarch
---> Package perl-Authen-PAM.x86_64 0:0.16-8.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cobbler.noarch 0:2.0.7-23.el6sat will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: cobbler < 2.1 for package: satellite-branding-5.5.0.7-1.el6sat.noarch
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-279.14.1.el6 will be erased
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-279.14.1.el6 will be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: satellite-branding-5.5.0.7-1.el6sat.noarch (@redhat-rhn-satellite-5.5-server-x86_64-6)
Requires: cobbler < 2.1
Removing: cobbler-2.0.7-23.el6sat.noarch (@redhat-rhn-satellite-5.5-server-x86_64-6)
cobbler = 2.0.7-23.el6sat
Updated By: cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6.noarch (epel)
cobbler = 2.4.0-1.el6
Available: cobbler-2.0.7-21.el6sat.noarch (redhat-rhn-satellite-5.5-server-x86_64-6)
cobbler = 2.0.7-21.el6sat
- Cobbler issue
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
cobbler is needed by (installed) satellite-branding-5.5.0.7-1.el5sat.noarch
Complete!
(1, [u'Please report this error in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%205&compon
ent=yum'])
Resolution
-
Remove the conflicting packages and EPEL repository from the system and update it.
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Disable epel repository from /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
Root Cause
- Packages are from EPEL repository which is not officially supported by Red Hat.
Diagnostic Steps
- epel repository is visible in yum update output.
...
Updating:
PyPAM x86_64 0.5.0-7.el5.1 epel 23 k
bea-stax x86_64 1.2.0-0.4.rc1.el5 epel 430 k
bea-stax-api x86_64 1.2.0-0.4.rc1.el5 epel 61 k
...
- epel repository is enabled.
grep epel /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
epel.repo:[epel]
epel.repo-name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch
epel.repo:#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
epel.repo:mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
epel.repo-failovermethod=priority
epel.repo-enabled=1
epel.repo-gpgcheck=1
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