Bug 1307 - --excludedocs doesn't
Summary: --excludedocs doesn't
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-02-23 23:10 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:09 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 1999-08-18 18:42:23 UTC

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Description Bill Nottingham 1999-02-23 23:10:04 UTC 
[root@bobby:/mnt/redhat/comps/dist/6.0/i386 ]# rpm -i
kernel-2.2.1-6.i386.rpm
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/00-INDEX from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/Changes from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/Configure.help from
install of kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/fb/vesafb.txt from install
of kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/proc.txt from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2

[root@bobby:/mnt/redhat/comps/dist/6.0/i386 ]# rpm -i
--excludedocs kernel-2.2.1-6.i386.rpm
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/00-INDEX from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/Changes from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/Configure.help from
install of kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/fb/vesafb.txt from install
of kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
error: file /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.1/proc.txt from install of
kernel-2.2.1-6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.2.1-2
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-08-18 18:42:59 UTC 
The excluded files will not be installed but will still conflict with
an already installed package.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.