Description of problem: Updating to a recent boost version where the boost-signals package was dropped, leaves the old version of the package behind because there was no obsolete added for the removed subpackage. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -q boost boost-1.69.0-6.fc30.x86_64 # rpm -q boost-signals boost-signals-1.66.0-14.fc29.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade from Fedora 29 (boost 1.66) to Fedora 30 (boost 1.69) Actual results: The boost-signals-1.66.0 package is left on the system Expected results: The boost-signals-1.66.0 package is removed
I'm testing a build with the main 'boost' package using: Obsoletes: boost-signals%{?_isa} < 1.69.0 But this will only cause it to be removed if somebody installs the main 'boost' package. If you only install e.g. boost-system and boost-thread then you would still have the old boost-signals. In practice this is not harmful, because libboost_signals.so.1.66.0 doesn't require any other boost libs and so doesn't block any upgrades or cause other problems. If we want to guarantee it's removed even when 'boost' isn't installed then it would ned to be added to the fedora-obsolete-packages RPM. I don't think we need to do that.
> But this will only cause it to be removed if somebody installs the main 'boost' package. AFAIK this being in the repo will actually install boost to replace boost-signals on a regular update. ----- fedora-obsolete-packages policy currently is: only remove packages that are problematic (when left on the system or blocking updates/upgrades).
boost-1.69.0-7.fc30 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-36d7923120
boost-1.69.0-7.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 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-2019-36d7923120
boost-1.69.0-8.fc30 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-36d7923120
boost-1.69.0-8.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 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-2019-36d7923120
boost-1.69.0-8.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.