[Spacewalk-list] openssl file conflicts

[WHITNEY_LATTA at homedepot.com]

Spacewalk 1.9; getting file conflicts in package (openssl) when applying security errata:


Client execution returned "Error while executing packages action: Transaction Check Error: file /etc/pki/tls/certs/Makefile from install of openssl-0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686 file /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt from install of openssl-0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686 file /usr/share/man/man1/ca.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686 file /usr/share/man/man1/req.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686 file /usr/share/man/man1/x509.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686 [[6]]" (code -1)
Errata Affected:
CL-SA-2013:0587 (Moderate: openssl security update)
Curiously, I can install at the client using "yum upgrade openssl".
The packages are present in the repository:
openssl    i686      0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1
openssl    x86_64    0.9.8e-26.el5_9.1
I tried pulling the individual rpms to /tmp on the client, and running rpm -Uvh /tmp/tcl*.rpm and it returned the same conflicts as Spacewalk and rhn_check did on the client. If I run rpm with the "-replacefiles" option, it installs fine.
The repos are hosted internally; repo-sync run nightly to sync to the Spacewalk server channels.

How can I resolve this? A search reveals similar events reported from time to time, but no clear resolution. Is it possible to enable  -replacefiles to automatically replace those files rather than fail the upgrade? Where can I look for additional details and debugging?


Thanks for your attention to this; any help and tips or suggestions greatly appreciated.


Best Regards,

Whit

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Whitney "Whit" Latta
Sr. Systems Engineer
Linux - Open Systems Engineering
whitney_latta at homedepot.com<mailto:whitney_latta at homedepot.com>


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