Bug 1035298

Summary: [fix available] Transaction check errors due to file conflicts
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Radek Bíba <rbiba>
Component: libreofficeAssignee: David Tardon <dtardon>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 6.5CC: caolanm, dtardon, jkoten, tlavigne, tpelka
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Fixed In Version: libreoffice-4.0.4.2-14.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-10-14 04:49:52 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Radek Bíba 2013-11-27 13:39:48 UTC 
Description of problem:
Libreoffice in RHEL 6.5 no longer obsoletes openoffice.org, which causes problems in certain cases. For instance, if you try "yum --skip-broken install \*", yum tries to get you both openoffice.org and libreoffice, downloads everything, and then fails in the transaction check:

  file /usr/bin/oobase conflicts between attempted installs of openoffice.org-base-1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 and libreoffice-base-1:4.0.4.2-9.el6.x86_64

(Many other files are shared, and there's nothing in the metadata that would make yum skip openoffice.org* in the fist place, allowing the transaction to pass. Note: there are some other packages that must be excluded because of similar issues; there are bug reports for them.)

Likewise, if you have openoffice.org-writer-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7, which is the latest OO version-release in RHEL-6 (from RHSA-2012:0705), and you run "yum install libreoffice-writer", you get:

Installing:
 libreoffice-writer i686 1:4.0.4.2-9.el6 rhel-i386-server-optional-6 5.1 M
...
  file /usr/bin/oowriter from install of libreoffice-writer-1:4.0.4.2-9.el6.i686 conflicts with file from package openoffice.org-writer-1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.i686

Shouldn't libreoffice-writer (and friends) still obsolete openoffice.org-writer (and their OO counterparts)? That would allow "yum install *" to work, and make "yum install libreoffice-whatever" replace OO if it's installed.
Comment 1 David Tardon 2013-11-27 14:26:11 UTC 
> Shouldn't libreoffice-writer (and friends) still obsolete
> openoffice.org-writer (and their OO counterparts)? That would allow "yum
> install *" to work, and make "yum install libreoffice-whatever" replace OO
> if it's installed.

Yes, they should. The obsoletes were unintentionally lost. We can add them back easily enough, but it will be a bit late, I guess...
Comment 2 Radek Bíba 2013-11-27 14:41:15 UTC 
That's fine; in the meantime, we can just exclude OO on the yum command lines in our recipes.
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-26 00:15:17 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.
Comment 7 Jiri Koten 2014-08-19 15:26:16 UTC 
Created attachment 928403 [details]
yum debug

Full debug output from yum
Comment 8 Caolan McNamara 2014-08-20 09:32:06 UTC 
I can't fix this without an approved "exception" flag
Comment 11 Caolan McNamara 2014-08-20 13:40:03 UTC 
yeah, I don't see that we need to address debuginfo, we can ignore that. Its just the langpack that needs to be addressed
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 04:49:52 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1423.html