On 04/08/2016 11:19 AM, Chapman Flack wrote:
> I have a Red Hat EL 6 x86_64 system subscribed to the 9.5 PGDG repo,
> and have lost the ability with yum to update the OS. Yum reports:
>
> -----
> Error: Package: 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-64.el6.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
> Requires: libevent-1.4.so.2()(64bit)
> Removing: libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64
> (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201409260744.x86_64/6.6)
> libevent-1.4.so.2()(64bit)
> Updated By: libevent-2.0.22-1.rhel6.x86_64 (pgdg95)
> Not found
> -----
I have found that the only way to sort this out is to install the new
libevent using the rpm program directly. It's not a problem for rpm to
have multiple versions of a package, but yum can't handle it.
Other solutions welcome.