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dnf/yum error with nagios-plugins from ol8_developer_EPEL

User_500WNAug 16 2021 — edited Aug 16 2021

I have the paradoxical situation that I can install the Nagios plugins using...

# yum install nagios-plugins-all
[...]
 nagios-plugins                 x86_64    2.3.3-5.el8                                 ol8_developer_EPEL       119 k
[...]
 nagios-plugins-ssl_validity    x86_64    2.3.3-5.el8                                 ol8_developer_EPEL        29 k
[...]

...but afterwards the following command fails (although the mentioned packages have been installed seconds ago and are current):

# yum update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:50 ago on Mon 16 Aug 2021 01:15:41 PM CEST.
Error:
 Problem: cannot install both nagios-plugins-2.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 and nagios-plugins-2.3.3-5.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package nagios-plugins-ssl_validity-2.3.3-5.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package nagios-plugins-2.3.3-5.el8.x86_64

Fedora's EPEL doesn't exhibit this behaviour. I can't make up my mind why any of the 2.3.3-5 packages should have a dependency against the earlier release 2.3.3-3. Do you have an idea?

This post has been answered by User_500WN on Aug 17 2021

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