seeing as fedora 16 is unsupported
and CentOS is only supporting CentOS 6.4
are you running 6.4
Code:
cat /etc/redhat-release
should output that it is 6.4
yumex-3.0.5-2 is the current in the EPEL repo
it is dated "14-May-2012 "
is the output of
the same as this old bug report ?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825109
as per the Cent-wiki warning
Warning:
This repo has made efforts not to replace system packages. In some cases it has endeavored to directly address CentOS compatibility but has expressly denied inter-repository compatibility as a goal. It may not mix well with other 3rd party repos. So, make SURE you are using the Priorities yum plugin if you are using EPEL ... especially if you mix its packages with those from other 3rd party repos. It should also be noted that, while EPEL may not overwrite distro packages, it may have conflicts with the CentOS extras repo which is enabled by default.
is the Priorities yum plugin installed and configured ?
from the bugzilla report
it looks like if you just use yum and update it will fix it
mind you if this is CentOS 6.3 there are no updates