Re: How do I resolve package conflicts?
On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 05:37:28 -0500, Anthony wrote:
> Avoid including any files which are included in other packages
> already:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Conflicts
Excellent resource, thank you! So how should a conflict in an existing
package be handled. For example, the filesystem conflict that Google
Earth has?
It's a packaging mistake in the Google Earth package. That package must
not include any file/directory (with different permission flags or
different contents), which belongs into Fedora's "filesystem" package (or
any other package).
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ow...
and
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts#Implicit_Conflicts
Should I simply not install the package and report the bug
to Google?
Yes.
As a work-around, you can examine the conflict and restore the directory
permissions _after_ installing the package. Option --force also adds
option --replacefiles, however, so be careful.
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