libsmbios-2.2.16-2.1.el5 from dell-omsa-indep repo breaks dependencies in Centos 5.3

[Raul Metsma]

Same here PEM600. I seems like repo is missing smbios-utils package.
When I remove it then dep is resolved.

Raul Metsma

On 19.04.2009 10:53, Frank Wang wrote:
> Hi All,
>      One of our PE2950s with OMSA installed from the dell OMSA rpm repo
> raised following error while 'yum update' after the Centos 5.3
> upgrade.
> ...
> -->  Running transaction check
> --->  Package libsmbios.x86_64 0:2.2.16-2.1.el5 set to be updated
> --->  Package OpenIPMI.x86_64 0:2.0.6-99.dell.56.1.el5 set to be updated
> --->  Package OpenIPMI-libs.x86_64 0:2.0.6-99.dell.56.1.el5 set to be updated
> -->  Processing Dependency: libsmbios = 2.1.0-1.1 for package: smbios-utils
> -->  Finished Dependency Resolution
> smbios-utils-2.1.0-1.1.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>    -->  Missing Dependency: libsmbios = 2.1.0-1.1 is needed by package
> smbios-utils-2.1.0-1.1.x86_64 (installed)
> Error: Missing Dependency: libsmbios = 2.1.0-1.1 is needed by package
> smbios-utils-2.1.0-1.1.x86_64 (installed)
>
>      Another PE2950 reported the same error during the Centos 5.3 upgrade.
> I had to disable the dell repos to let it go on. Does anyone here meet
> similar problem? Is it safe for me to temporarily exclude the
> libsmbios package from updating?
>      Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Frank Wang
>
>
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