Re: file conflicts

Gerry Reno wrote:
> Seth Vidal wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>
>>> On the x86_64 systems I am bumping into this quite a bit:
>>>
>>> file /usr/share/....fileX in PKG.x86_64 conflicts with file from 
>>> PKG.i586 (or i386)
>>>
>>> These packages are trying to write out the same man pages or other 
>>> docs to the exact same file. It would seem that there needs to be 
>>> some type of versioning related to documentation so that you could 
>>> have multiple versions of the same package installed. The next 
>>> question is how do you get around this problem. I've had to use 'rpm 
>>> --force' to get by this type of problem. Is that the only solution?
>>>
>>
>> It depends on the pkgs involved in the error:
>>
>> if the pkgs are different versions and different archs then you need 
>> to get the same ver of both archs. If you STILL get the error then 
>> you have found a packaging bug and need to report it to whomever 
>> provided those pkgs.
>>
>>
>> hope this helps.
>> -sv
>>
> If you do:
> yum install PKG # want x86_64 version
>
> sometimes you will get the file conflict error because the existing 
> PKG.i586 is not at the same version as what is in the repository for 
> PKG.x86_64. So I think yum should see that and schedule an update for 
> PKG.i586 and then the file check would succeed. Right now you have to 
> deal with this manually.
>
Here's an example:
# yum list fontconfig popt-devel postfix gdm
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, installonlyn, refresh-
: packagekit, versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* rawhide: ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
Reading version lock configuration
Installed Packages
fontconfig.i586 2.6.99.behdad.20090508-1.fc11 installed
fontconfig.x86_64 2.6.99.behdad.20090508-1.fc11 installed
gdm.i586 1:2.26.1-10.fc11 installed
popt-devel.i586 1.13-5.fc11 installed
postfix.i586 2:2.5.6-3.fc11 installed
Available Packages
gdm.x86_64 1:2.26.1-10.fc11 rawhide
popt-devel.x86_64 1.13-5.fc11 rawhide
postfix.x86_64 2:2.5.6-3.fc11 rawhide


# yum install popt-devel postfix gdm
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, installonlyn, refresh-
: packagekit, versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* rawhide: ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
Reading version lock configuration
Setting up Install Process
Package fontconfig-2.6.99.behdad.20090508-1.fc11.x86_64 already 
installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gdm.x86_64 1:2.26.1-10.fc11 set to be updated
---> Package popt-devel.x86_64 0:1.13-5.fc11 set to be updated
---> Package postfix.x86_64 2:2.5.6-3.fc11 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
gdm x86_64 1:2.26.1-10.fc11 rawhide 1.3 M
popt-devel x86_64 1.13-5.fc11 rawhide 404 k
postfix x86_64 2:2.5.6-3.fc11 rawhide 4.0 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 3 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total size: 5.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test


Transaction Check Error:
file 
/usr/share/doc/popt-devel-1.13/html/structpoptContext__s__coll__graph.png 
from install of popt-devel-1.13-5.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from 
package popt-devel-1.13-5.fc11.i586
file /etc/postfix/postfix-files from install of 
postfix-2:2.5.6-3.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
postfix-2:2.5.6-3.fc11.i586
file 
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/at-spi-registryd-wrapper.desktop 
from install of gdm-1:2.26.1-10.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from 
package gdm-1:2.26.1-10.fc11.i586
file /var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml from install of 
gdm-1:2.26.1-10.fc11.x86_64 conflicts with file from package 
gdm-1:2.26.1-10.fc11.i586

Error Summary
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Regards,
Gerry