how to avoid package naming conflicts?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Holger Dörner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just a short (and maybe stupid) question:
> I want to build a RPM and SRPM for a library, cause I need the latest
> version from upstream. My problem is, the package allready exists in
> Fedora repo (older version), so there would be a naming conflict.
> How do I avoid this conflict? Just put something in the name to identify
> it clearly?
> 
> Btw: The library is libewf and I need it for sleuthkit for forensics,
> but it doesn't build with current libewf in F8. If all goes fine I also
> would like to set up my own repo.
> 
> Thank you so far.

Talk to the maintainer of libewf and check if the maintainer can get the 
release bumped up to the version you want.

Rahul