Topic: yum update problem...

[trakker]

first use of yum update goes perfectly,

next use I get:

....identical dependancy loop exceeded
package zlib-devel needs zlib = 1.2.1.1 (not provided)
package zlib-devel needs zlib = 1.2.1.1 (not provided)

and ends there....

an rpm -qa |grep zlib shows:

zlib-1.2.1.1-4
zlib-devel-1.2.1.1-4

Any ideas?

Thanks

Trakker

[gregswallow]

When yum says "zlib = 1.2.1.1 (not provided)", it means that after the result of the transaction you're attempting (yum update), most likely a newer version of zlib is to be installed.  And likely there is not a matching version of zlib-devel in the yum repository, so yum just stops to ask what you want to do.  

I don't think you need zlib-devel.  Try 'yum remove zlib-devel'.  Watch it doesn't prompt you to remove something important though - ask if you're not sure.

After that, yum update should work again.