Bug 2459969

Summary:	petsc-openmpi-devel: dependency problem in EPEL 9
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Carl George 🤠 <carlwgeorge>
Component:	petsc	Assignee:	Antonio T. sagitter <sagitterghostproton.me>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	epel9	CC:	sagitterghostproton.me
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Description Carl George 🤠 2026-04-21 03:41:51 UTC

Description of problem:
petsc-openmpi-devel from EPEL 9 has an explicit dependency on a RHEL 9 package which has been upgraded to a higher epoch.  This cause upgrade issues for anyone with the package installed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9


How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf install petsc-openmpi-devel
2. dnf upgrade


Actual results:
Error: 
 Problem 1: package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both openmpi-devel-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both openmpi-devel-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64
 Problem 2: problem with installed package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64
  - package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from epel requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms requires openmpi = 1:4.1.1-5.el9, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi = 1:4.1.1-5.el9, but none of the providers can be installed
  - openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.i686 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - cannot install both openmpi-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both openmpi-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64


Expected results:
successful upgrade

Comment 1 Antonio T. sagitter 2026-04-21 16:55:00 UTC

Thanks for this report

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-04-22 12:01:21 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2026-514cf7538c (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9.1) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-514cf7538c

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-04-22 19:54:38 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-04-23 02:08:54 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14

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

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-05-01 02:11:50 UTC

FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.