yum/dnf update fails on RHEL 8 client registered with Red Hat Satellite 6 due to dependency issue
Issue
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Executing
yum update
ordnf update
on RHEL 8 host, fails with the following dependency error:# yum update Updating Subscription Management repositories. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 92 kB/s | 4.1 kB 00:00 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) 99 kB/s | 4.5 kB 00:00 Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs) 91 kB/s | 3.8 kB 00:00 Error: Problem: package gdk-pixbuf2-devel-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from @System requires gdk-pixbuf2(x86-64) = 2.36.12-6.el8_10, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install both gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-7.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms and gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from @System - cannot install both gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-7.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms and gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms - cannot install the best update candidate for package gdk-pixbuf2-devel-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 - cannot install the best update candidate for package gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)"
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Satellite 6
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