Bug 2356903

Summary:	tmpwatch-0:2.11-27.fc41.x86_64 fails to install
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mariusz <mariuszkownacki>
Component:	tmpwatch	Assignee:	Kevin Fenzi <kevin>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	jan, jkucera, kdg1955, kevin, marek.gresko, ondrejj
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Mariusz 2025-04-02 13:11:55 UTC

tmpwatch-0:2.11-27.fc41.x86_64 fails to install with error:
$ sudo dnf -y install tmpwatch
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                                                  Arch          Version                                                  Repository                           Size
Installing:
 tmpwatch                                                x86_64        2.11-27.fc41                                             fedora                           65.8 KiB

Transaction Summary:
 Installing:         1 package

Total size of inbound packages is 35 KiB. Need to download 0 B.
After this operation, 66 KiB extra will be used (install 66 KiB, remove 0 B).
[1/1] tmpwatch-0:2.11-27.fc41.x86_64                                                                                             100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m00s
>> Already downloaded                                                                                                                                                   

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[1/1] Total                                                                                                                      100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m00s
Running transaction
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.
  - file /usr/sbin/tmpwatch conflicts between attempted installs of tmpwatch-2.11-27.fc41.x86_64 and tmpwatch-2.11-27.fc41.x86_64

he package says it conflicts to install with itself. The reason is that now /usr/sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin and no longer a separate folder and tmpwatch tries to install its binary in both locations.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Fresh install on Fedora 42 latest Beta (Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-42_Beta-1.4.iso)
2. Attempt to install tmpwatch package: sudo dnf -y install tmpwatch

Actual Results:  
$ sudo dnf -y install tmpwatch
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package                                                  Arch          Version                                                  Repository                           Size
Installing:
 tmpwatch                                                x86_64        2.11-27.fc41                                             fedora                           65.8 KiB

Transaction Summary:
 Installing:         1 package

Total size of inbound packages is 35 KiB. Need to download 0 B.
After this operation, 66 KiB extra will be used (install 66 KiB, remove 0 B).
[1/1] tmpwatch-0:2.11-27.fc41.x86_64                                                                                             100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m00s
>> Already downloaded                                                                                                                                                   

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1/1] Total                                                                                                                      100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m00s
Running transaction
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.
  - file /usr/sbin/tmpwatch conflicts between attempted installs of tmpwatch-2.11-27.fc41.x86_64 and tmpwatch-2.11-27.fc41.x86_64

Expected Results:  
Package should get installed.

Comment 1 kdg1955 2025-04-22 09:27:37 UTC

See also Bug 2361481

Comment 2 Marek Greško 2025-04-24 04:38:44 UTC

Hello,

this happens on systems with merged /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. If /usr/sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin, it fails like mentioned. If the directory /usr/sbin exists and the files inside are links to real files in /usr/bin, it works, since tmpwatch creates this in opposite. It creates the file in /usr/sbin and the symlink in /usr/bin. It should be fixed in tmpwatch.

Comment 3 kdg1955 2025-04-24 06:27:20 UTC

This is a duplicate bug report Bug 2361481, where I have posted a patch to fix the issue, but I am still waiting for a response. If you want, I can post it here as well.

For me it's high priority.

Comment 4 Petr Pisar 2025-07-17 11:10:51 UTC

*** Bug 2361481 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Petr Pisar 2025-07-17 11:13:06 UTC

*** Bug 2381598 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Jan ONDREJ 2025-07-17 11:27:43 UTC

Looks like @yselkowi fixed this in F43/rawhide.
Can you please build this for F42 too? This bug breaks bin/sbin merge in existing installs and breaks new installs with tmpwatch selected.

Comment 7 Kevin Fenzi 2025-09-09 22:33:55 UTC

I'm going to fix f42, it's finally annoyed me enough. ;)

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-09-09 22:41:10 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4 (tmpwatch-2.11-29.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-09-10 01:58:01 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-09-18 00:57:15 UTC

FEDORA-2025-b583600ec4 (tmpwatch-2.11-29.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.