Transaction Check Error

[Jima]

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Christopher Stone wrote:
> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/man/man6/worm.6.gz from
> install of xscreensaver-extras-4.24-3.fc5 conflicts with file from
> package bsd-games-2.17-10.fc5
>
> Do we currently have any way to check for these?

  Yep!  I wrote a script yesterday and ran it against the FC5 tree.  Today 
I revised it, and ran it against the FC6 tree.  I've passed the results on 
to Christian Iseli (of the QA SIG), and discussed a few things with Jesse 
Keating.  Not much progress yet, but I've had useful data for less than a 
day.  (For the record, FC6 is in WAY better shape than FC5 was, but we've 
still got a ways to go.)

> And how do we resolve which package gets to own this file?

  The package owners battle it out in a fight to the death.  This gets 
complicated if the same maintainer owns both packages (but then, they 
should have noticed the overlap, shouldn't they?).
  Honestly, no idea -- sounds like a matter for FESCo!  (Sorry guys!)

      Jima