Package conflicts

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:02:25 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I was trying out smart when yum dep resolving was slow in rawhide a 
> while back. smart stats reports that there is a total 1357 conflicts in 
> fedora-devel+extras-devel.
> 
> Isn't that way too much?

Yes.

Here are the conflicts I find in Extras devel compared with Core devel.
They are filed (see FE7Target tracker). Comments inline as there is one
false positive.

clearsilver - 0.10.4-2.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: csound - 5.03.0-9.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/cs

csound - 5.03.0-9.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: clearsilver - 0.10.4-2.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/cs
  File conflict with: html-xml-utils - 3.7-4.fc6.i386
     /usr/bin/extract
  File conflict with: libextractor - 0.5.17a-1.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/extract

cyrus-imapd - 2.3.8-1.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: uw-imap - 2006e-2.fc7.i386
     /etc/pam.d/imap
     /etc/pam.d/pop
     /usr/share/man/man8/imapd.8.gz

fish - 1.21.12-1.fc6.i386
  File conflict with: html-xml-utils - 3.7-4.fc6.i386
     /usr/bin/count
     /usr/share/man/man1/count.1.gz

grass - 6.2.1-13.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: rubygems - 0.9.2-1.fc7.noarch
     /usr/bin/gem

html-xml-utils - 3.7-4.fc6.i386
  File conflict with: csound - 5.03.0-9.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/extract
  File conflict with: fish - 1.21.12-1.fc6.i386
     /usr/bin/count
     /usr/share/man/man1/count.1.gz
  File conflict with: libextractor - 0.5.17a-1.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/extract

libextractor - 0.5.17a-1.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: csound - 5.03.0-9.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/extract
  File conflict with: html-xml-utils - 3.7-4.fc6.i386
     /usr/bin/extract

php-pear-PHPUnit - 3.0.5-3.fc7.noarch
  File conflict with: php-pear-PHPUnit2 - 2.3.6-1.fc6.noarch
[snip]

This is not true, as php-pear-PHPUnit obsoletes php-pear(PHPUnit2) < 3.0.0,
which is one of the special cases I don't cover yet.

plib-devel - 1.8.4-8.fc6.i386
  File conflict with: plib16-devel - 1.6.0-6.fc6.i386
     /usr/include/plib/fnt.h
     /usr/include/plib/js.h
     /usr/include/plib/netBuffer.h
     /usr/include/plib/netChannel.h
     /usr/include/plib/netMessage.h
     /usr/include/plib/netMonitor.h
     /usr/include/plib/netSocket.h
     /usr/include/plib/pu.h
     /usr/include/plib/sg.h
     /usr/include/plib/sl.h
     /usr/include/plib/slPortability.h
     /usr/include/plib/sm.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssg.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgAux.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgKeyFlier.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgaWaveSystem.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgconf.h
     /usr/include/plib/ul.h
     /usr/include/plib/ulRTTI.h

plib16-devel - 1.6.0-6.fc6.i386
  File conflict with: plib-devel - 1.8.4-8.fc6.i386
     /usr/include/plib/fnt.h
     /usr/include/plib/js.h
     /usr/include/plib/netBuffer.h
     /usr/include/plib/netChannel.h
     /usr/include/plib/netMessage.h
     /usr/include/plib/netMonitor.h
     /usr/include/plib/netSocket.h
     /usr/include/plib/pu.h
     /usr/include/plib/sg.h
     /usr/include/plib/sl.h
     /usr/include/plib/slPortability.h
     /usr/include/plib/sm.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssg.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgAux.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgKeyFlier.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgaWaveSystem.h
     /usr/include/plib/ssgconf.h
     /usr/include/plib/ul.h
     /usr/include/plib/ulRTTI.h

rubygems - 0.9.2-1.fc7.noarch
  File conflict with: grass - 6.2.1-13.fc7.i386
     /usr/bin/gem

uw-imap - 2006e-2.fc7.i386
  File conflict with: cyrus-imapd - 2.3.8-1.fc7.i386
     /etc/pam.d/imap
     /etc/pam.d/pop
     /usr/share/man/man8/imapd.8.gz