Posted to devel list and package owners on 21 Aug 2013: What's the full story here? php-gettext php-gettext-0:1.0.11-5.fc20.noarch isn't obsoleted php-gettext-0:1.0.11-4.fc19.noarch isn't obsoleted php-gettext-0:1.0.11-3.fc18.noarch isn't obsoleted php-gettext-0:1.0.9-3.fc15.noarch is oldest php-gettext < 0:1.0.11-3 obsoleted by php-php-gettext-0:1.0.11-8.fc20.noarch Searching a bit, there has been a rename to php-php-gettext and plans to retire php-gettext because it conflicts with the core module, but the package has been kept in the dist and mass-rebuilt several times: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=9618 So, meanwhile, the Obsoletes tag is insufficient, and the package is available again. Is this intentional? Else, please retire it: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life # repoquery --whatprovides php-gettext php-common-0:5.5.2-1.fc19.x86_64 php-common-0:5.5.2-1.fc19.i686 php-common-0:5.5.0-0.10.RC3.fc19.i686 php-common-0:5.5.1-1.fc19.x86_64 php-gettext-0:1.0.11-4.fc19.noarch php-common-0:5.5.0-0.10.RC3.fc19.x86_64 php-common-0:5.5.1-1.fc19.i686
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727000, so php-gettext (this package) needs to be orphaned. However I am not the owner of the package, just of php-php-gettext. Don't know why this has not happened so far, let's ask the owner...
I've marked the package "dead" in git for f18, f19, f20 and master, so no mass-rebuild bumps it once again. * Retiring it in pkgdb is missing. * Koji block request (f20 and master) in Fedora rel-eng tracker is missing. * php-php-gettext would need to Obsoletes: php-gettext < 1.0.11-6 to be safe. Latest published build is php-gettext-0:1.0.11-5.fc20.noarch, but that one can be withdrawn, so if filing the block request first, the Obsoletes tag could be made < 1.0.11-5.
Added "php-gettext" to my currently open block request: https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5768
* koji block request has been completed * php-php-gettext "Obsoletes: php-gettext < 1.0.11-5" has been committed and built in Rawhide branch
Michael, thank you for solving this - I think that this can be closed now.