yum is unable to patch the server - many packages give errors for "missing requires"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • While patching we get the following error
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit)
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6()(64bit)
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6()(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch has missing requires of /usr/bin/python
yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch has missing requires of python >= ('0', '2.4', None)
yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch has missing requires of python(abi) = ('0', '2.6', None)
yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch has missing requires of python-sqlite
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6()(64bit)
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libpython2.6.so.1.0()(64bit)
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of python(abi) = ('0', '2.6', None)
yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-43.el6.noarch has missing requires of /bin/sh
yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-43.el6.noarch has missing requires of /bin/sh
yum-utils-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch has missing requires of /usr/bin/python
yum-utils-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch has missing requires of python >= ('0', '2.4', None)
yum-utils-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch has missing requires of python(abi) = ('0', '2.6', None)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6()(64bit)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit)
zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6()(64bit)
zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
Your transaction was saved, rerun it with: yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx-2013-08-20-12-21IiVj4F.yumtx

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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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