yum updates show error as "rpm-1.1-1.elx.x86_64 has missing requires of /xxxx/zzzz"

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Issue

  • While updating packages yum shows errors as "Package-1.1-1.elx.x86_64 has missing requires of /xxxx/zzzz" .

  • Example:

    ** Found 53 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
    autoconf-2.63-5.1.el6.noarch has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    automake-1.11.1-4.el6.noarch has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.46.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.46.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    bison-2.4.1-5.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    ..
    ..
    gawk-3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    gcc-4.4.7-18.el6.x86_64 has missing requires of /sbin/install-info
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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