odd yum dependency issues in joyride

[NoiseEHC]

pgf at laptop.org wrote:
> c. scott ananian wrote:
>  > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:43 AM,  <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
>  > > 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
>  > [...]
>  > >  --> 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)
>  > 
>  > Seems strongly related to trac #5056.
>
> related, perhaps, but clearly new breakage, since a gcc install worked
> fine in 656.
>
>  > 
>  > > # yum install firefox
>  > [...]
>  > > Error: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.1 is needed by package 
>  > firefox-3.0.1-1.fc9.i386 (olpc_development)
>  > 
>  > Hmm, this might be a more fundamental mismatch, since we have a
>  > specific version of gecko used for Browse.  You could always download
>
> but didn't we always?  (i.e., what's changed?)
>
>
>   
With 2181 this worked:
yum install mc
yum install make gcc