[Trac #1038] yum won't actually install things

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#1038: yum won't actually install things
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 Reporter:  AlbertCahalan  |       Owner:  blizzard 
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  high           |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  distro         |    Keywords:           
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 It was "working" earlier. At first it would install far more than it ought
 to. When I installed the SDL devel packages, it gave me Qt as well! (that
 is NOT a legitimate dependency) Later, I had the bug #931 experience. Now
 I can't install things. Well, at least I can't install the things I want
 to install.

 I'd call that a blocker, except that there is a work-around based on yet
 another yum bug. The /var/cache/yum directory tends to end up containing
 numerous *.rpm files which may be installed directly via "rpm -Uvh
 foo/bar/baz.rpm" commands.

 OLPC 0 ~/tuxpaint# yum -y install glibc-headers glibc-devel gcc
 Loading "installonlyn" plugin
 Setting up Install Process
 Setting up repositories
 core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
 olpc_devel_kernel_repo    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
 olpc-etoys                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
 olpc_content              100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
 olpc_development          100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
 extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
 olpc-csound               100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
 updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
 Reading repository metadata in from local files
 Parsing package install arguments
 Resolving Dependencies
 --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
 ---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-10.fc6 set to be updated
 ---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-10.fc6 set to be updated
 ---> Package gcc.i386 0:4.1.1-51.fc6 set to be updated
 --> Running transaction check

 Dependencies Resolved

 =============================================================================
  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
 Size
 =============================================================================
 Installing:
  gcc                     i386       4.1.1-51.fc6     updates           4.9
 M
  glibc-devel             i386       2.5-10.fc6       updates           2.0
 M
  glibc-headers           i386       2.5-10.fc6       updates           605
 k

 Transaction Summary
 =============================================================================
 Install      3 Package(s)
 Update       0 Package(s)
 Remove       0 Package(s)

 Total download size: 7.5 M
 Downloading Packages:
 Running Transaction Test
 Finished Transaction Test
 Transaction Test Succeeded
 Running Transaction
 OLPC 0 ~/tuxpaint# rpm -qa | egrep 'glibc-headers|glibc-devel|gcc'
 libgcc-4.1.1-51.fc6
 OLPC 0 ~/tuxpaint#

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1038>
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