up2date (4.0.1-2) still being obstinate...

[Adrian Likins]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 06:29:51PM -0400, Adrian Likins wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 11:51:45AM -0400, Elton Woo wrote:
> > >From RHN Beta ... here we go again:
> > 
> > Test install failed because of package conflicts:
> > file /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.pyc from install 
> > of gnome-python2-2.0.0-2
> > conflicts with file from package gnome-python2-canvas-2.0.0-1
> > file /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.pyo from install 
> > of gnome-python2-2.0.0-2
> > conflicts with file from package gnome-python2-canvas-2.0.0-1
> > 
> > WHY won't up2date install the newer package? Shouldn't
> > 2.0.0-2 be newer than 2.0.0-1?
> > 

`rpm -qa` of before, if possible?

> 
> 	I think you may have stumbled across what
> is beginging to look like a hard to reproduce
> rpm bug.  jbj is cc'ed. 
> 
> 	He might be able to provide more info,
> but if you could grab a copy of that rpm db and
> set it aside for the moment, that might be useful.
> If it's like the other cases, at some point, it
> will start working again. Yeah, I know, that
> sounds weird, but thats the MO I've seen so
> far (weird bogus conflicts start happening
> and then at some point, stop happening
> with no as of yet discernable triggers as 
> to the cause).
> 
> 	Maybe jbj can help more...
> 

	On closer look, I suspect this
isnt the case. But I could be wrong,
that bug is occasioanlly popping up
in weird places.