Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 226803
Error: uw-imap-devel conflicts with libc-client-devel
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:56 EST
Description of problem: When I tried to install uw-imap-devel, I found out that I already had a previous version installed because I got the message in the summary. It turns out that I had the libc-client-devel package installed from FC5. Shouldn't uw-imap-devel in fc6 be obsoleting libc-client-devel from fc5? Or is this due to an explicit Conflicts: tag? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2006e-2.fc6 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Instal FC5 with libc-client-devel 2.Upgrade to FC6 3.Type "yum install uw-imap-devel" Actual results: I get the error in the summary Expected results: I would expect the libc-client-devel to get upgraded to uw-imap-devel Additional info:
These two packages contain essentially the same files. (uw-imap-devel does not have documentation but contains two additional include files.) I do have have a cvs account. Would anyone mind if I went in and fixed this myself? (Of course, I don't know if I have the appropriate write access privileges for this package. ;-)
John, please WHAT do you wan't to fix at two (nearly) identical packages providing the same stuff? Personally, I would wait for Rex as he is the package maintainer and your request is just a few days old.
John, *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 222486 ***
Oops, different. Reopening.
Yeah, as it is now libc-client-devel and uw-imap-devel pretty much include/provide *exactly* the same thing, just different versions of it, hence the existing explict Conflicts (not ideal, I admit) As it is now, CANTFIX/WONTFIX is appropriate (without major work anyway, which I'd argue simply isn't worth it). For F7, these two items will be merged and co-maintained, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/225993 and life will be good.