problem resolving bind

[Mysticeti]

So apparently my eyes are horrible and I've been missing this error from upcp for a while...

...
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 from updates has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: bind = 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6 is needed by package 30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 (updates)
Error: Missing Dependency: bind = 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6 is needed by package 30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 (updates)
 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
...

I tried the suggested commands (after installing yum-utils) but they don't seem to help. Presumably there's a way to specifically install the version of bind needed.

rpm -q tells me I currently have bind-9.3.6-16.P1.el5_7.1 but when I say "yum update bind" I get the same error as above.

 

[Mysticeti]

Re: problem depsolving bind

I see that a similar problem was reported last spring:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f34/yum-failed-6-times-cannot-continue-270041.html

But I suspect the suggested solution (remove bind, reinstall) is far from ideal for an already up and running system.

Perhaps I should remove the caching-nameserver, do a yum update, and reinstall caching-nameserver?

That's just a SWAG so if anyone has a better idea please let me know.

Thanks.

 

[Mysticeti]

Re: problem depsolving bind

Hmm. Maybe I should just do this:
Open Resolver Handling with Bind on CentOS 5.x cannot Update to 9.7[Workaround] | cPanel Blog

Anyone have any experience with those instructions?

Thanks.

 

[Mysticeti]

This topic has gotten a fair amount of views so maybe I'm asking silly questions or perhaps no one else is seeing this:

[20130416.233309]      [30280] --> Finished Dependency Resolution
[20130416.233309]      [30280] 30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 from updates has depsolving problems
[20130416.233309]      [30280]   --> Missing Dependency: bind = 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6 is needed by package 30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 (updates)
[20130416.233309]      [30280] Error: Missing Dependency: bind = 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6 is needed by package 30:caching-nameserver-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.6.x86_64 (updates)
[20130416.233309]      [30280]  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
[20130416.233309]      [30280]  You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
[20130416.233309]      [30280]                         package-cleanup --dupes
[20130416.233309]      [30280]                         rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[20130416.233309]      [30280] checkyum version 21.1

 

[Mysticeti]

Drat. Based on a recent comment in the cpanel blog it looks like upgrading to bind 9.7 isn't going to help with yum dependency conflicts:

Open Resolver Handling with Bind on CentOS 5.x cannot Update to 9.7[Workaround] | cPanel Blog