Topic: Centos5 MySQL wants to overwrite Remi - conflicts
I am getting this error after trying to upgrade/update CentOS 5 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.centos.plus (64-bit) several times. Why is CentOS trying to uninstall Remi?
bash-3.2# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirror.stanford.edu
* base: centos.mirror.facebook.net
* centosplus: ftp.osuosl.org
* contrib: ftp.osuosl.org
* epel: ftp.osuosl.org
* extras: mirrors.xmission.com
* rpmforge: apt.sw.be
* updates: mirrors.versaweb.com
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package MySQL-devel.x86_64 0:5.1.48-1.glibc23 set to be updated
---> Package MySQL-server.x86_64 0:5.1.48-1.glibc23 set to be updated
---> Package git.x86_64 0:1.7.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated
---> Package perl-Git.x86_64 0:1.7.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated
---> Package t1lib.x86_64 0:5.1.2-1.el5.rf set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
MySQL-devel x86_64 5.1.48-1.glibc23 smartfile 9.4 M
replacing mysql-devel.x86_64 5.1.52-1.el5.remi
MySQL-server x86_64 5.1.48-1.glibc23 smartfile 19 M
replacing mysql.x86_64 5.1.52-1.el5.remi
replacing mysql-server.x86_64 5.1.52-1.el5.remi
Updating:
git x86_64 1.7.3.4-1.el5.rf rpmforge 6.2 M
perl-Git x86_64 1.7.3.4-1.el5.rf rpmforge 24 k
t1lib x86_64 5.1.2-1.el5.rf rpmforge 388 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Package(s)
Upgrade 3 Package(s)
Total size: 35 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
file /etc/my.cnf from install of MySQL-server-5.1.48-1.glibc23.x86_64 conflicts with file from package mysql-libs-5.1.52-1.el5.remi.x86_64
Error Summary
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