Upgrade System 'yum update' Failed With 3rd Party Repositories Dependency Errors (Doc ID 2335824.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 20, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Upgrade system with command 'yum update'  in some situation throws errors regarding 3rd Party repositories dependencies, like:

Error: Package: pam-1.1.1-24.0.1.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-OracleLinuxServer-201703241427.x86_64/6.9)
Requires: libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Removing: db4-4.7.25-22.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-OracleLinuxServer-201703241427.x86_64/6.9)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Obsoleted By: libdb4-4.8.30-13.el7.x86_64 (epel) <--------------------------- EPEL 3RD PARTY REPOSITORY
Not found
Available: db4-4.7.25-16.el6.x86_64 (public_ol6_ga_base)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Available: db4-4.7.25-17.el6.x86_64 (public_ol6_latest)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Available: db4-4.7.25-18.el6_4.x86_64 (public_ol6_latest)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Available: db4-4.7.25-19.el6_6.x86_64 (public_ol6_latest)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Available: db4-4.7.25-20.el6_7.x86_64 (public_ol6_latest)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Available: db4-4.7.25-20.el6_8.1.x86_64 (public_ol6_latest)
libdb-4.7.so()(64bit)
Error: Package: libtomcrypt-1.17-25.el7.x86_64 (epel)<--------------------------- EPEL 3RD PARTY REPOSITORY
Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
Error: Package: libdb4-cxx-4.8.30-13.el7.x86_64 (epel)<--------------------------- EPEL 3RD PARTY REPOSITORY
Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

In this example it is from EPEL, but it can be from REMI, IUS and others not from Oracle public repositories.

Changes

None

Cause

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