Problem with openmotif-devel-2.2.2-14.2.legacy update

[Al Sera]

Brian Morrison wrote:
> On Sat, 14 May 2005 13:01:43 -0400 in 42862EF7.4020500 at arssys.com Al
> Sera <alberto.sera at arssys.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dan Williams wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 14 May 2005, Al Sera wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Basically the update is showing conflicts for mostly header files
>>
>>>from  >the lesstif-devel-0.93.36-3 package. I wonder if anyone is
>>
>>>having this  >same problem. Following is a copy of the "yum update"
>>>attempt. >
>>>
>>>>I am hoping this is the correct method to report the issue. If not,
>>>
>>>I  >apologize... and please advise with the correct method. Best
>>>regards. [ars].
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, since OpenMotif and lesstif provide the same thing, a
>>>Motif-compatible  toolkit.  So I'd expect that their -devel packages
>>>would conflict.  You'll  probably have to remove either lesstif or
>>>openmotif.
>>>
>>>But, if both these packages are in the RH9 Legacy repository, this
>>>should get  fixed in Legacy, since packages in the same repo should
>>>not conflict.
>>>
>>>Dan
>>
>>Looks to me like lesstif is not registered in the RH9 legacy
>>repository.  A "yum list lesstif" shows it in my RH9 box but not as an
>>available  package from the RH9 Legacy repository. So I guess I need
>>to remove one  and stick with the other. Since I am maintaining my box
>>with Legacy  updates, I'll stick with openmotif and will remove
>>lesstif... unless  anyone had any other suggestions. Thanks for the
>>quick feedback. [ars].
> 
> 
> No, lesstif is an RH9 package, not an RH9 legacy pacvkage.
> 
> I have both installed on my system, the versions are the same as yours.
> 
> rpm -ql for each package shows no clash of files as the headers are in
> different paths.
> 
> I don't understand why you're having this problem unless you have
> rebuilt from source rpms with modified paths specified.
> 

I have never rebuilt from source or explicitly installed either package 
myself. This is weird. Not that it might mean anything, but this box 
started a few years ago at RHL 7.2 and was upgraded single step 
incrementally all the way to RHL 9 through time. [ars].