Bug 1703600

Summary:	python2-devel can't be installed during RHEL 7 to 8 upgrade due to incorrect Obsoletes
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Michal Bocek <mbocek>
Component:	python	Assignee:	Python Maintainers <python-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Lukáš Zachar <lzachar>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.6	CC:	bgollahe, cstratak, hhorak, mhroncok, torsava
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Upgrades, ZStream
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Fixed In Version:	python-2.7.5-83.el7	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Clones:	1708674 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2019-08-06 12:33:13 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1708674

Comment 2 Miro Hrončok 2019-04-26 23:09:06 UTC

I've always considered the unversioned obsoletes in RHEL7's python.spec weird. Does anyone know how to figure out when and why they were added in the first place?

The Fedora and RHEL7 commits both go to https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python/c/e0fde95b83781e4651383acdadb75000df8eb9ba

auto-import python-2.2.1-15 from python-2.2.1-15.src.rpm

Authored and Committed by cvsdist 14 years ago.

I guess this was added when Python got updated from 1 to 2 and the content obsoleted the python2 (extra) package.
I don't think it is needed at all, however not to break backwards compatibility, we should version them to < 2.7.5-99999

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:33:13 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.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030