[rhn-users] Conflict Perl

[David Miller]

inode0 wrote on 5/29/10 10:07 AM:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Tiago Eduardo Zacarias
> <thiago304 at yahoo.com.br>  wrote:
>> Hello Gentlemen,
>>
>> I have a doubt regarding conflicts of perl modules. Recently tried
>> installing openwebmail retornoi me and then the following error:
>>
>> Transaction Check Error:
>>    file / usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Compress/Zlib.pm from install of
>> perl-Compress-Zlib-2015-1.el5.rf.noarch Conflict with file from package
>> perl-IO-Compress-2024- 1.el5.rf.noarch
>>
>> so that from what I could see the module with the conflict in question is
>> necessary to install the openwebmail. what could I do to solve this problem?
>
> Don't install 3rd party software that makes a mess of your system is
> one option. Since the conflict appears to be with two packages that
> you didn't get from RHN there might be a better place to ask than this
> list which is for issues related to Red Hat Network.
>
> Perhaps openwebmail support would be better as they appear to have
> instructions and RPMs for RHEL5.

In this specific instance, you probably want the rpmforge users list, 
since that's where the Perl module RPMs you're using came from.

http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/users

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