.conflict between kernel-smp and e2fsprogs

[sde]

i've been trying to do an update and i can not update anymore. i get to the part where it says "resolving dependancies" , and then i get this error: ".conflict between kernel-smp and e2fsprogs"

i've tried to remove e2fsprogs, but it says it doesn't exist. i have put e2fsprogs on the ignore line in yum.conf, and it still has the same problem.

any ideas? i really need to update.

[sde]

p.s. i did read another post from a search which said to rebuild the db, when i try to do that, i get this message:

# rpm --rebuilddb
error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy

[sde]

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[Z06]

I'm having the same problem with my RedHat 9.0 installation.