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yum attempting to delete itself
(continues to list that most (if not absolutely) every package on the system "will be erased.")
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---> Package hyphen-en.noarch 0:2.8.3-1.fc17 will be erased
---> Package mythes-en.noarch 0:3.0-9.fc17 will be erased
---> Package mythes-en.noarch 0:3.0-9.fc17 will be erased
---> Package mythes-en.noarch 0:3.0-9.fc17 will be erased
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/new-kernel-pkg for package: kernel-3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64
Skipping the running kernel: kernel-3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: kernel-3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64
Skipping the running kernel: kernel-3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Trying to remove "yum", which is protected
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 14 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
1:autocorr-en-3.5.5.3-2.fc17.noarch is a duplicate with 1:autocorr-en-3.5.4.2-4.fc17.noarch
glibc-devel-2.15-51.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with glibc-devel-2.15-37.fc17.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.15-51.fc17.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0', '2.15', '51.fc17')
glibc-headers-2.15-51.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with glibc-headers-2.15-37.fc17.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.15-51.fc17.x86_64 has missing requires of glibc = ('0', '2.15', '51.fc17')
kernel-headers-3.4.5-2.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with kernel-headers-3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64
libpinyin-0.6.92-2.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with libpinyin-0.6.0-2.fc17.x86_64
libpinyin-data-0.6.92-2.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with libpinyin-data-0.6.0-2.fc17.x86_64
nc-1.109.20120711-1.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with nc-1.107.20120403-1.fc17.x86_64
nspr-4.9.1-2.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with nspr-4.9-2.fc17.x86_64
nss-softokn-freebl-3.13.5-1.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with nss-softokn-freebl-3.13.4-2.fc17.x86_64
nss-util-3.13.5-1.fc17.x86_64 is a duplicate with nss-util-3.13.4-2.fc17.x86_64
tzdata-2012c-2.fc17.noarch is a duplicate with tzdata-2012c-1.fc17.noarch
tzdata-java-2012c-2.fc17.noarch is a duplicate with tzdata-java-2012c-1.fc17.noarch
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