Bug 472445

Summary:	Needs util-linux-ng >= 2.14
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Braden McDaniel <braden>
Component:	coreutils	Assignee:	Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	kdudka, kzak, ovasik, twaugh
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Description Braden McDaniel 2008-11-20 21:01:47 UTC

Description of problem:
When attempting to upgrade coreutils alongside util-linux-ng-2.13.1-8.3.fc9, I got this error:

Transaction Check Error:
  file /bin/arch from install of coreutils-6.12-17.fc10.x86_64 conflicts with file from package util-linux-ng-2.13.1-8.3.fc9.x86_64
  file /usr/share/man/man1/arch.1.gz from install of coreutils-6.12-17.fc10.x86_64 conflicts with file from package util-linux-ng-2.13.1-8.3.fc9.x86_64

Upgrading to util-linux-ng-2.14.1-3.fc10 at the same time resolves this issue; but presumably upgrading coreutils should have prompted this to happen automatically.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
6.12-17.fc10

Comment 1 Ondrej Vasik 2008-11-20 21:17:24 UTC

Thanks for report. I don't want to add requirements for util-linux-ng >= 2.14 to coreutils - that seems silly to me - as arch utility was only moved from util-linux-ng to coreutils in rawhide just after F-9 split. Anyway upgrades from F-9 to F-10+ should be solved somehow... I'm only worried about possible circle dependency (in the case that Requires: util-linux-ng >= 2.14 is the only suitable option) - coreutils is and needs to be installed very soon in package tree.

Comment 2 Ondrej Vasik 2008-11-20 21:19:13 UTC

Adding util-linux-ng maintainer to cc...

Comment 3 Ondrej Vasik 2008-11-21 13:38:56 UTC

Ok - just to summarize current situation:
F10 installation ok, F-9 -> F-10-iso conflict, F-9 -> rawhide conflict

Possible clean solutions:
1) To make F-9 (and maybe F-8) coreutils and util-linux-ng update with arch binary moved and with correct Requires. No changes in F-10 and rawhide required... should solve the updates from fully updated systems correctly.

2) To make just F-10 and Rawhide coreutils update with Requires: util-linux-ng >= 2.14 ... will solve online updates with latest_pkg repos, but not offline updates ... just with F-10 iso (and I don't see any chance to solve that without changes in F-9/F-8 util-linux-ng and coreutils package).

There are obviously other ... hacky solutions like moving /bin/arch to /usr/bin/arch in F-9 and F-8 util-linux-ng and having /bin/arch symlink created in util-linux-ng %post (and not owned by util-linux-ng package - this will prevent conflict warnings as well) ...

Comment 4 Ondrej Vasik 2008-11-21 15:37:16 UTC

Ok, built rawhide as coreutils-7.0-2.fc11 with Requires: util-linux-ng >= 2.14 ... hopefully it will not break anything. Closing RAWHIDE, coreutils-6.12-18.fc10 build is building as well and will be submitted as zero-date update. I guess those who will upgrade from F-9 to F-10 will choose online update and therefore will be not bitten by the hard-to-solve issue with update to F10.iso ...

Note for anyone:
Feel free to add/post any idea how to solve the issue better way (as current solution is a bit silly).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-11-21 15:49:43 UTC

coreutils-6.12-18.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/coreutils-6.12-18.fc10

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-11-22 16:49:58 UTC

coreutils-6.12-18.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.