Updater lists update for non-installed mysqlclient-devel

OpenSUSE 11.0:

On Jan 5, 2009, the openSUSE Updater started to display the following
update:

name=libmysqlclient-devel
desc=mysql security update
type=security
new version=210
catalog=
restart=no

I do not have that library installed. When I choose to apply the
update, I am prompted for the root password, and then nothing happens.
After a while, update manager lists the same update again.
The same happens when I install the package (e.g. version,
5.0.51a-27.2, using yast). No update is applied and update manager
continues to list the update.

I have a MySQL-client/server/shared-community-5.0.67-0.sles10
installation, may this cause the problem?

Regards,
Martin


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I’m not sure why this happens but it hasn’t caused me any problems. I
use Online Update rather than the Updater and it sometimes lists updates
for programs I don’t have installed but these are not marked to be
installed; so when I select Accept, it only installs the ones for
programs I have installed and ignores the ones I don’t have installed.


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Amarok 2 uses mysql (and maybe some other programs) which is proberbly
the reason for the update

/Geoff


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Thanks…

I’m actually using amarok. I installed it using yast2, which should
have installed all dependencies. The mysqlclient-devel packet has
definitely not been installed.

I will try online update.


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Just checked on my amarok version and it’s 1.4, so this cannot cause the
problem.

I’m still able to fully use my system, and Updater also keeps
installing all other updates, but this one does not disappear, so it
indicates available updates all the time.


martingerlach

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Try rpm -qa mysql* in a console to see what if anything is installed

/Geoff


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Hi Geoff,

that’s exactly what I did, just that I used yast2 and searched for
“mysql”:

rpm -qa mysql*

mysql-administrator-5.0r12-195.1
mysql-gui-tools-5.0r12-195.1
mysql-query-browser-5.0r12-195.1

rpm -qa MySQL*

MySQL-client-community-5.0.67-0.sles10
MySQL-server-community-5.0.67-0.sles10
MySQL-shared-community-5.0.67-0.sles10

No idea why Updater lists that update.


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