"No transaction to process" on trying to update using the software update GUI

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Issue

  • This is an Apache/PHP server. Software Updates reports that it has 5 updates available, including an update for PHP to php-5.3.3-3.el6(x86_64) [the others are associated php updates]
  • Yet when Its told to proceed, it comes back with Transaction error

    Error: No transaction to process
    
  • From the yum-errors.log, found the following errors:

    ---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 will be updated
    Checking deps for php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 - ud
    php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 requires: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
    --> Processing Dependency: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1 for package: php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64
    
    Potential Provider: php.x86_64 0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
    
    
    Trying to update php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 to resolve dep
    No update paths found for php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64. Failure!
    
    Error: Package: php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6)
               Requires: php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
               Removing: php-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                   php = 5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
               Updated By: php-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                   php = 5.3.3-3.el6
               Available: php-5.3.2-6.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-6)
                   php = 5.3.2-6.el6
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • PackageKit GUI package tool

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