Description of problem: In spec you are mark as %config(noreplace) %config(noreplace) %{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}/conf/%{name}.yml %config(noreplace) %{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}/conf/logging.yml which actual just symlinks, instead files %{_sysconfdir}/%{name} sould be marked as configs. May be even better approach just drop /var/lib/elasticsearch/conf and point it to /etc...
elasticsearch-1.7.1-3.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-1885bffc8c
elasticsearch-1.7.1-3.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-1885bffc8c
elasticsearch-1.7.1-3.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.