Steve G <linux_4ever(a)yahoo.com> writes:
Hi,
For about a week, yum update perl has done this:
Running rpm_check_debug
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package perl-Test-Simple.x86_64 0:0.62-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.8.8-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl-CPAN.x86_64 0:1.76_02-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl-devel.x86_64 4:5.8.8-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl-Test-Harness.x86_64 0:2.56-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.8.8-22.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.x86_64 0:6.30-22.fc8 set to be updated
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
Package perl-devel needs perl(ExtUtils::Embed), this is not available.
Complete!
Doing "yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed" causes the dependency to be correctly
resolved and perl updated.
I can't seem to reproduce this - perl-ExtUtils-Embed provides
perl(ExtUtils::Embed) and perl-devel requires the same. Is the x86_64
arch confusing yum somehow?
-RN
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