how to avoid package naming conflicts?

[Pavel Shevchuk]

If it's same library, just other version, then it's not a naming
conflict, it's just an upgrade (backport, to be precise). RPM won't
complain about it unless library ABI changed.

I have repository for centos5 which has newer versions of php, mysql
and openbox backported from fedora9, and everything works great. Don't
be afraid to experiment with versions for non-critical packages, you
can always revert back to repository version by removing your package
and asking yum to pull older version from repository ;)

On 4/26/08, Mike Cronenworth <mike at cchtml.com> wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
>  Subject: how to avoid package naming conflicts?
>  From: Holger Dörner <hod at fedoraproject.org>
>  To: Development discussions related to Fedora
> <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
>  Date: 04/25/2008 11:55 PM
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
>  Use rpm -Uhv to install your newer version. Grab the RPMs you wish to use
> the new library with and rpmbuild --rebuild them. Use rpm -Uhv --force
> --replacefiles to install the programs.
>
>  Or, as mentioned, get the maintainer to update.
>
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