Re: issue with yum distro-sync

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On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:58:31 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> When I run yum distro-sync, I get:
> ---> Package polkit.x86_64 0:0.103-1.fc16 will be erased
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: 1:libreoffice-core-3.4.5.2-15.fc16.x86_64 (updates)
>             Requires: autocorr-en
>             Removing: 1:autocorr-en-3.4.5.2-18.fc16.noarch 
> (@updates-testing)
>                 autocorr-en = 1:3.4.5.2-18.fc16
>             Available: 1:autocorr-en-3.4.3.2-11.fc16.noarch (fedora)
>                 autocorr-en = 1:3.4.3.2-11.fc16
>             Available: 1:autocorr-en-3.4.5.2-15.fc16.noarch (updates)
>                 autocorr-en = 1:3.4.5.2-15.fc16
> Error: Package: kde-settings-4.7-14.fc16.noarch (@updates)
>             Requires: polkit-desktop-policy
>             Removing: polkit-0.103-1.fc16.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
>                 polkit-desktop-policy = 0.103
>             Downgraded By: polkit-0.102-3.fc16.x86_64 (fedora)
>                 Not found
>             Available: polkit-desktop-policy-0.102-3.fc16.noarch 
> (fedora)
>                 polkit-desktop-policy = 0.102-3.fc16
> Error: Package: gnome-session-3.2.1-2.fc16.x86_64 (@anaconda-0)
>             Requires: polkit-desktop-policy
>             Removing: polkit-0.103-1.fc16.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
>                 polkit-desktop-policy = 0.103
>             Downgraded By: polkit-0.102-3.fc16.x86_64 (fedora)
>                 Not found
>             Available: polkit-desktop-policy-0.102-3.fc16.noarch 
> (fedora)
>                 polkit-desktop-policy = 0.102-3.fc16
>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>   You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> 
> 
> yum distro-sync --skip-broken
> does not help.
> rv-nvidia-295.59-1.fc16.x86_64
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
>      yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 321, in user_main
>      errcode = main(args)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 187, in mai
> 
> RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
> 
> 
> I wanted to downgrade the distribution by removing: 
> fedora-updates-testing
> and keep only fedora-updates.
> 
> Is it a but idea?

No, in my opinion it's a bug in the distro-sync command (or a not yet
implemented corner-case) where downgrading a set of packages requires
adding back an obsolete/replaced package. For example:
polkit-desktop-policy used to be a real package, then has been made
a package capability instead.

http://bugz.fedoraproject.org/yum
or Yum upstream...

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