Cron upgrade problem

Glasairmell · May 6, 2011, 6:23pm

I am getting this error on a recent cron upgrade.

cron-4.2-9.17.1.x86_64 requires cronie = 1.4.6-, but this requirement cannot be provided

Could someone provide a solution or insight on this please.

Thanks!

please_try_again · May 6, 2011, 6:31pm

You should do a zypper refresh first. The current version of cronie is 1.4.7-, which is the one cron uses on my computer.

john_j_ferrier · May 6, 2011, 7:25pm

I have the exactly same problem today.

Nothing changed after “zypper refresh”.

It seems the latest cron and conie conflicts.

nrickert · May 6, 2011, 7:39pm

I am seeing the same error on two systems. One of those is 64 bit and the other is 32 bit.

I unchecked the cron update, to allow the other updates to proceed. I am left with the cron update still waiting to be applied.

I tried “zypper refresh”. It reported that all repos were up to date (or something like that). The problem remains.

It’s my impression that PackageKit does a refresh anyway, so it is not surprising that the explicit refresh didn’t help.

When I go into software management in Yast, it tells me that my cronie version is “1.4.6-7.17.1 (1.4.7-1.3.1)”. If I tell Yast to update to 1.4.7-1.3.1, it reports an unresolvable conflict (cron version requires 1.4.6-).

It looks to me as if there is something wrong with that cronie update.

john_hudson · May 6, 2011, 9:24pm

I went into YaST>Online update and it offered me a solution based on an earlier version of cronie.

robin_listas · May 7, 2011, 12:03am

On 2011-05-06 20:06, nrickert wrote:
> When I go into software management in Yast, it tells me that my cronie
> version is “1.4.6-7.17.1 (1.4.7-1.3.1)”. If I tell Yast to update to
> 1.4.7-1.3.1, it reports an unresolvable conflict (cron version requires
> 1.4.6-).

Report bug in bugzilla.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

nrickert · May 7, 2011, 1:45am

A comment added to the original bug report, with a request that it be reopened.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690166

geobaltz · May 7, 2011, 1:52am

Same error here - looking at the package that causes the conflict (cron-4.2-19.7.1), it seems to be a placeholder for the changeover from Vixie cron to cronie, only containing a couple of doc files.

Are these systems clean, fresh installs of 11.4, or upgrades? Mine was upgraded 11.4M5/6 - 11.4RC1 - 11.4.

I may try uninstalling the placeholder, and trying the online update again.

EDIT: Never mind - the dependencies all specify cron, not cronie. Guess we get to wait for it to get sorted out.