[TriLUG] lvm2/lvm2-cluster conflict (can I replace an RPM inline?)

[Dave Hostetler]

I seem to recall that there are --force and --replace-files switches to rpm that may be what you need.  

Dave

On Mar 26, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Josh Johnson wrote:

> I'm adding cLVM to a test cluster, both nodes are running RHEL 5.3. When I try to install lvm2-cluster (with yum install), I get the following error:
> 
> lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5_4.2.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
>  --> lvm2 conflicts with lvm2-cluster
> Error: lvm2 conflicts with lvm2-cluster
> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
>                        package-cleanup --dupes
>                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> 
> After digging a bit, I've come to realize that the conflict is indeed valid, LVM2 and "LVM2-with-clustering" come from the same source code, just compiled with different options (as such the RPMs both provide 'lvm2' to other packages, which is what I think is causing the conflict)
> 
> Uninstalling "regular" lvm2 with yum wants to uninstall a bunch of other stuff. What should I do?
> 
> Is there some way to replace the "regular" lvm2 without uninstalling all the packages that depend on it?
> 
> My RPM/RHN/yum skills are a bit rusty, am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks!
> JJ
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