File conflicts in Fedora Extras Development

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Jul 11 20:42:50 UTC 2006


Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Michael Schwendt (bugs.michael at gmx.net) said: 
>> gnumeric-1.6.3-2.fc6.i386.rpm
>>   File conflict with: /usr/share/gnumeric/1.6.3/idl/GNOME_Gnumeric.idl
>>   => Package conflicts with: gnumeric-devel - 1:1.6.3-2.fc6.i386
>>
>> gnumeric-devel-1.6.3-2.fc6.i386.rpm
>>   File conflict with: /usr/share/gnumeric/1.6.3/idl/GNOME_Gnumeric.idl
>>   => All file names in this package are found in the repository elsewhere!
>>   => Package conflicts with: gnumeric - 1:1.6.3-2.fc6.i386
> 
> How can it conflict with it's own *subpackage*? (See also, heartbeat.)

Most likely the file is (inadvertantly or not) included in both the main
  pkg and subpkg.  If that is the case, while it is technically not a
conflict, it is likely a packaging error nevertheless.

-- Rex




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