Re: file conflicts

Seth Vidal wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>
> maybe I'm reading something incorrectly but it sure looks like all the 
> versions are the same. And if the versions are the same then the 
> problem is in the packages, not in yum.
>
> -sv
>

Opened bugs on the packages.

Regards,
Gerry