Bug 155256 - /var/log/lastlog from setup conflicts with util-linux
Summary: /var/log/lastlog from setup conflicts with util-linux
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: util-linux
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 166959 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: FC4Blocker FC5Blocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-04-18 16:47 UTC by Robert Scheck
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 4.4.1-21
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-02-22 12:26:22 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Ignore %ghost and %ghost file conflicts (1021 bytes, patch)
2005-04-19 15:55 UTC, Paul Nasrat
no flags Details | Diff
setup vs util-linux rpmfi (281 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2005-06-16 14:53 UTC, Paul Nasrat
no flags Details

Description Robert Scheck 2005-04-18 16:47:12 UTC
Description of problem:
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        file /var/log/lastlog from install of setup-2.5.41-1 conflicts with 
file from package util-linux-2.12p-7

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
setup-2.5.41-1

How reproducible:
Everytime.

Expected results:
No conflict.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-04-18 16:51:03 UTC
Should be fixed in 2.5.42-1.

Comment 2 Robert Scheck 2005-04-19 11:57:45 UTC
No, it isn't; reopening :-(

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        file /var/log/lastlog from install of setup-2.5.42-1 conflicts with file from package util-linux-2.12p-7

Bill, couldn't we remove owning /var/log/lastlog from setup package but require 
latest util-linux for example?

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-04-19 15:15:06 UTC
No, beause if util-linux isn't installed first, it will get removed on update.

util-linux.spec has:
%ghost %attr(0400,root,root) %verify(not md5 size mtime) /var/log/lastlog

setup.spec has:
%ghost %attr(0400,root,root) %verify(not md5 size mtime) /var/log/lastlog

Not sure what else to do here...

Comment 4 Paul Nasrat 2005-04-19 15:55:39 UTC
Created attachment 113368 [details]
Ignore %ghost and %ghost file conflicts

We could be skipping %ghost file conflicts if both packages mark the file as
%ghost

The patch above addresses strictly %ghost and %ghost behaviour.

Comment 5 Robert Scheck 2005-05-20 17:33:10 UTC
Using current Rawhide, installing of the setup package is possible without any 
problem or conflict. Can somebody confirm this?

Comment 6 Roozbeh Pournader 2005-06-09 17:01:26 UTC
The bug is still there in FC4.

Comment 7 Robert Scheck 2005-06-09 17:30:07 UTC
Really?! Reopening as FC4Blocker until somebody of Red Hat says the opposite...

Comment 8 Karel Zak 2005-06-16 13:19:22 UTC
I can confirm it:
  # rpm -U util-linux-2.12p-9.4.i386.rpm
        file /var/log/lastlog from install of util-linux-2.12p-9.4 conflicts
        with file from package setup-2.5.44-1

  # rpm -q rpm
  rpm-4.4.1-21

Bill's comment #3 is true. There's %ghost in both packages.

%post in util-linux:
  touch /var/log/lastlog
  chown root:root /var/log/lastlog
  chmod 0400 /var/log/lastlog


Comment 9 Jeff Johnson 2005-06-16 14:14:03 UTC
And *WHY* is this problem being reported against rpm?

Skipping %ghost file conflicts is just the tip of an iceberg ...

Comment 10 Paul Nasrat 2005-06-16 14:53:46 UTC
Created attachment 115544 [details]
setup vs util-linux rpmfi

Comment 11 Robert Scheck 2005-09-10 10:50:32 UTC
Paul, can we *please* get rid of this problem very soon? It's very annoying and 
absolutely unnecessary! So the package setup avoids update of util-linux and the 
other way round!

IMHO there are two possibilities:
a) The Red Hat maintainers do fine RPM packaging (the way jbj prefers)
b) Or we're using your workaround/hack from comment #4

Comment 12 Jeff Johnson 2005-11-14 03:34:44 UTC
This is a util-linux or setup, not an rpm, problem. rpm has flat zippo to say
about what packages own what files.

Reassigning to util-linux ...

Comment 17 Karel Zak 2005-11-28 13:51:14 UTC
Paul, what's up with rpm-4.4.3?

Comment 18 Paul Nasrat 2005-11-28 18:23:42 UTC
*** Bug 166959 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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