Bug 538657

Summary:	Some Fedora 12 packages have versions that do not supersede the versions of Fedora 11 packages,
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Przemek Klosowski <przemek>
Component:	distribution	Assignee:	Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	12	CC:	dcantrell, fedora-package-review, notting, sundaram
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Description Przemek Klosowski 2009-11-19 01:25:06 UTC

Some Fedora 12 packages have versions that do not supersede the versions of Fedora 11 packages, preventing a complete upgrade to FC12. A partial list is:
 
tigervnc-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586
gst-mixer-2.26.0-3.fc11.i586
libotf-0.9.9-3.fc11.i586
nautilus-cd-burner-libs-2.25.3-7.fc11.i586
lame-libs-3.98.2-3.fc11.i586
iptstate-2.2.2-3.fc11.i586
kmodtool-1-18.fc11.noarch
preupgrade-1.1.2-1.fc11.noarch
parrot-docs-1.6.0-2.fc11.noarch
mod_dnssd-0.6-2.fc11.i586
libnetfilter_conntrack-0.0.100-1.fc11.i586
a52dec-0.7.4-15.fc11.i586
faad2-libs-2.7-1.fc11.i586
libvolume_id-141-7.fc11.i586
twolame-libs-0.3.12-4.fc11.i586
parrot-1.6.0-2.fc11.i586
parrot-devel-1.6.0-2.fc11.i586
parrot-tools-1.6.0-2.fc11.i586
faac-1.28-1.fc11.1.i586
iw-0.9.17-3.fc11.i586
sos-1.8-17.fc11.noarch
gnome-mount-0.8-5.fc11.i586

For example, 'yum update iw' does nothing; 'yum install iw' results in 
an error message 

Transaction Check Error:
  package iw-0.9.17-3.fc11.i586 (which is newer than iw-0.9.17-2.fc12.i686) is already installed

Similar behavior for all other packages on the list.

Comment 1 Rahul Sundaram 2009-11-19 01:37:33 UTC

Package review component is for reviewing NEW packages not in the repository yet. Please post to fedora-devel list instead.

Comment 2 Przemek Klosowski 2009-11-19 14:49:35 UTC

   Package review component is for reviewing NEW packages not in the 
   repository yet. Please post to fedora-devel list instead.

OK, I had no idea where to put this report---it's a packaging system issue as much as a specific package issue so I went by a name that seemed plausible, in absence of better information on what the components actually cover. 

Look, I was trying to do the right thing. Can't you help me  by suggesting a Bugzilla component/category that this belongs in, instead of dismissing this to some mailing list? I think it'd be better if this gets captured in the regular workflow. You closed the issue with status NOTABUG which implies that it is fixed but it is not, and if unsolved it could eventually affect RHEL customers upgrading from previous versions. 

If there isn't any existing category, it should be created, in my opinion---the alternative being to report umpteen package versioning issues against the individual packages in question.

Comment 3 Rahul Sundaram 2009-11-19 14:59:48 UTC

I suggested what I thought was the quickest path. If you want to do it properly, individual bug reports against each of the components would be the way to go. Catch all components are not useful since each package is maintained by a different person.

Comment 4 Jason Tibbitts 2009-11-20 02:55:43 UTC

There's a "distribution" component that is far, far more appropriate than "Package Review".

Comment 5 Przemek Klosowski 2009-12-08 21:32:12 UTC

Changed to 'distribution' component per Jason Tibbitts' comment #4