[packman] Error report: Requirement for libquicktime cannot be resolved

[Sven Zallmann]

Hi folks

Today I got the following when I tried to update the packages on my openSUSE 
10.3 machine:



zalle:~ # zypper up -t package
Refreshing 'PackMan'
* Cleaning repository 'PackMan' cache
* Building repository 'PackMan' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE Build Service - Wine' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE 10.3 Updates' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE 10.3 OSS' cache
* Reading repository 'PackMan' cache
* Reading repository 'Nvidia' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE 10.3 Non-OSS' cache
* Reading repository 'VideoLAN' cache
* Reading installed packages [100%]

2 Problems:
Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables of best architecture.
Problem: Can't satisfy requirement libswscale.so.0 for 
libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan]


Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables of best architecture.
  With this run only resolvables with the best architecture have been 
regarded.
Regarding all possible resolvables takes time, but can come to a valid result.
 Solution 1: Make a solver run with ALL possibilities.
  Regarding all resolvables with a compatible architecture.
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1

Problem: Can't satisfy requirement libswscale.so.0 for 
libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan]

  === libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] ===
    libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] will be installed by the user.
    libgsm-1.0.10-72.i586 is needed by libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] 
(libgsm.so.1)
    libraw1394-8-1.2.1-64.i586 is needed by libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586
[PackMan] (libraw1394.so.8)
    libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] is needed by  (libquicktime.so.0)
    libffmpeg0-0.4.9-9.pm.svn20071229.i686 is needed by 
libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] (libswscale.so.0)
    libx264-57-0.57.719-1.3.i586[VideoLAN] is needed by 
libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] (libx264.so.57)
    xvid-1.1.3-0.pm.0.i586 is needed by libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586
[PackMan] (libxvidcore.so.4)
    amrwb-7.0.0.2-0.pm.1.i586 is needed by libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586
[PackMan] (libamrwb.so.3)
    libffmpeg0-0.4.9-10.pm.svn20080329.i586[PackMan] provides libswscale.so.0, 
but another version of that package is already installed.
    libffmpeg0-0.4.9-9.pm.svn20071229.i686 provides libswscale.so.0, but is 
scheduled to be uninstalled.
    libfaac0-1.26-9.1.i686[VideoLAN] is needed by 
libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] (libfaac.so.0)
    libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan] depends on libffmpeg0

 Solution 1: do not install libquicktime
  do not install libquicktime-1.0.1-1.pm.4.i586[PackMan]
 Solution 2: Ignore this requirement just here
 Solution 3: Generally ignore this requirement
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1



So far for the error.  Just for information, this is what resulted when I 
chose not to install libquicktime:



Applying solution 1

The following packages are going to be upgraded:
  nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default wine x11-video-nvidiaG01 libffmpeg0 libmpeg2
vlc-mozillaplugin vlc lame faac libdvbpsi5 libx264-57 faad2 amarok-xine amarok
amarok-libvisual amarok-yauap amrnb audacious audacious-crossfade 
audacious-devel
audacious-freeverb3 audacious-kde audacious-plugins audacious-xmp digikam
digikamimageplugins digikamimageplugins-superimpose freeciv freealut 
gstreamer010
gstreamer010-plugins-base gstreamer010-plugins-good k3b kaffeine 
kdemultimedia3
kdemultimedia3-CD kdemultimedia3-mixer ktorrent libdvdread3 libfreeverb3-2 
libgpod2
libkexiv2 libmcs1 libpulse0 libtheora0 libtunepimp libtunepimp5 mjpegtools 
openal
portaudio sane-backends supertux taglib taglib-devel xmms-crossfade xmoto xmp 
libxine1
libxine1-w32dll dejavu

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  postgresql-libs amarok-lang avahi-qt3 kdemultimedia3-sound 
libsamplerate-devel
libx264-59 libfaac0 digikam-lang gstreamer010-plugins-base-oil k3b-lang
kaffeine-lang ladspa libgpod3 libifp4 libkdcraw2 libmtp7 libode 
libtunepimp5-mad
libtunepimp5-mp4 physfs

The following package is going to be REMOVED:
  libmtp

Overall download size: 201.4 M. After the operation, additional 247.0 M will 
be used.
Continue? [yes/no]: y



I will skip the install output here; all listed packages installed without 
errors.

Paul commented on this error in IRC:  '[13:40:41] < yaloki> vzduch: hm.. no.. 
sounds like libquicktime has to be rebuilt'

Hope I was able to be helpful to your wonderful project.

Kind regards

Sven  a.k.a.  vzduch
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