odd yum dependency issues in joyride

[pgf at laptop.org]

i've been slowly moving my g1g1 machine forward to joyride (from 656).
i had customized it quite a bit, and am trying to restore those changes.
i've got xfce running, but a couple of yum dependencies (which were fine
with F7) are failing.

to wit:

# yum install gcc
olpc_development                                         | 2.5 kB     00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 6.1 MB     00:41
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gcc.i386 0:4.3.0-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: binutils >= 2.17.50.0.17-3 for package: gcc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 for package: gcc
--> Running transaction check
---> Package binutils.i386 0:2.18.50.0.6-4.fc9 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.8-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.8-8 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.8-8 for package: glibc-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc.i386 0:2.8-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.8-8 for package: glibc
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.8-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.25.11-97.fc9 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-common.i386 0:2.8-8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.8-3 for package: glibc
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
glibc-2.8-3.i686 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.8-3 is needed by package glibc-2.8-3.i686 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.8-3 is needed by package glibc-2.8-3.i686 (installed)



and:


# yum install firefox
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.0.1-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.1 for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: system-bookmarks for package: firefox
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fedora-bookmarks.noarch 0:8-1 set to be updated
---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.0.1-1.fc9 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.1 for package: firefox
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
firefox-3.0.1-1.fc9.i386 from olpc_development has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.1 is needed by package firefox-3.0.1-1.fc9.i386 (olpc_development)
Error: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.1 is needed by package firefox-3.0.1-1.fc9.i386 (olpc_development)

if these are expected issues, fine, but they seem a little odd. 
is it possible that it's breakage caused by our upgrade scheme --
i.e., are some pieces of the old yum metadata left around that
are causing the confusion?

i'll trac it if anyone thinks i should.

oh -- it's joyride 2159, i think, from sometime last week.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org