AIX 7200-05-06-2320

dnf update is failing, showing lot many errors. The list is too long to post here.

root@tcubad2151:/tmp
# dnf update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:53 ago on Fri Feb 16 13:57:07 CST 2024.
Error:
 Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package libgcc-8.3.0-1.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgcc-1:10-2.ppc
 Problem 2: cannot install the best update candidate for package libstdc++-8.3.0-1.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libstdc++-1:10-2.ppc
 Problem 3: package libdnf-0.39.1-32_52.ppc requires libstdc++ >= 10.3.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libdnf-0.39.1-32_3.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libstdc++-1:10-2.ppc
 Problem 4: package ncurses-6.4-1.ppc requires libstdc++ >= 10.3.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package ncurses-6.1-2.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libstdc++-1:10-2.ppc
 Problem 5: package gettext-0.21-2.ppc requires libgomp.a(libgomp.so.1), but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package gettext-0.19.8.1-4.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp-8.3.0-1.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp-8.3.0-2.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp10-10.3.0-6.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp11-11.3.0-1.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp6-6.3.0-2.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp7-7.2.0-1.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp7-7.2.0-2.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp8-8.3.0-4.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp8-8.3.0-6.ppc
  - nothing provides AIX-rpm < 7.2.0.0 needed by libgomp8-8.3.0-7.ppc

About 43 problems. 

Do I've to keep installing the dependencies?
I started with the first, but it failed with another dependency.

root@tcubad2151:/mnt
# rpm -Uvh libgcc10-10.3.0-6.aix7.2.ppc.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libgcc <= 9.1.0 conflicts with libgcc10-10.3.0-6.ppc

Please assist. 
Thanks.

Hi Shashank,

First try running the "udtvpkg" command

and then check you DNF repository entries that it has AIX 7.2 specific repository not the AIX 7.3 entry.

Thanks Sangamesh.

After doing some research, I was able to fix the problem yesterday.

Your steps point to the same resolution.

The issue started after I migrated from AIX 7.1 to 7.2 and the dnf.conf (/opt/freeware/etc/dnf/dnf.conf) file was still pointing to AIX 7.1 repository.

[AIX_Toolbox_71]
name=AIX 7.1 specific repository
baseurl=https://anonymous:anonymous@public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc-7.1/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

I updated this file and replaced the 7.1 entries to 7.2

[AIX_Toolbox_72]
name=AIX 7.2 specific repository
baseurl=https://anonymous:anonymous@public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc-7.2/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

And after that, the dnf update command worked.

Thanks again for your response. 

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Shashank Poray
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