http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1197325 Bug ID: 1197325 Summary: (e.g. zypper ve) zypper claims what is provided cannot be provided Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.4 Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: zypp-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: mrmazda@earthlink.net QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 857207 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=857207&action=edit .tgz of /var/log/zypper.log Initial Summary: (e.g. zypper ve) zypper claims what is provided cannot be provided [example] # zypper ve ... Problem: the installed fuse-2.9.7-3.3.1.x86_64 requires 'util-linux >= 2.18', but this requirement cannot be provided Solution 1: Following actions will be done: deinstallation of fuse-2.9.7-3.3.1.x86_64 deinstallation of dracut-055+suse.238.gacab0df5-150400.1.6.x86_64 deinstallation of aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1.x86_64 deinstallation of dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-055+suse.238.gacab0df5-150400.1.6.x86_64 deinstallation of aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1.x86_64 deinstallation of aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.52.1.x86_64 deinstallation of ghostscript-fonts-std-9.06-14.3.1.noarch deinstallation of mdadm-4.1-150300.24.9.1.x86_64 deinstallation of libbd_mdraid2-2.26-150400.1.1.x86_64 Solution 2: remove lock to allow removal of kernel-default-5.3.18-59.34.1.x86_64 Solution 3: break fuse-2.9.7-3.3.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/3/s/r/c/d/?] (c): c # rpm -qa | grep util-linux util-linux-systemd-2.37.2-150400.5.1.x86_64 util-linux-2.37.2-150400.5.1.x86_64 #[/example] This example of newer util-linux and older kernel as incompatible is not new, having gone on for too long to remember. In many cases, no "break" package option is offered, so skip must be selected. This applies equally to TW as Leap beta. Background. Kernels get removed when I choose to remove them. This causes package management to get bent out of shape when a kernel is too old to be used with various tools for rebuilding an initrd that won't be allowed to be saved[1], in the instant case, util-linux. It forces me to "break" the old kernel, which is a non-issue. Old kernels' initrds here are immutable, so that a newer util-linux or dracut or something else is not supported for rebuilding a kernel's initrd doesn't matter. This might not be so bad, but the behavior forces use of an X session for running zypper upgrades, only because scrollback was removed from the kernel around 5.7.11, and these conflicts lists are commonly more than a screenful, making access to the reason for the conflict inaccessible, thus the best response to the proposal impossible to determine. The 9 packages option #1 in the example above would remove is a short list compared to many others that should be evident in the attached zypper.log. [1] cf. bug 1192014 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.