Description of problem: petsc-openmpi-devel from EPEL 9 has an explicit dependency on a RHEL 9 package which has been upgraded to a higher epoch. This cause upgrade issues for anyone with the package installed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. dnf install petsc-openmpi-devel 2. dnf upgrade Actual results: Error: Problem 1: package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install both openmpi-devel-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System - cannot install both openmpi-devel-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms - cannot install the best update candidate for package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 - cannot install the best update candidate for package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 Problem 2: problem with installed package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 - package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed - package petsc-openmpi-devel-3.20.6-4.el9.x86_64 from epel requires openmpi-devel(x86-64) = 1:4.1.1, but none of the providers can be installed - package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms requires openmpi = 1:4.1.1-5.el9, but none of the providers can be installed - package openmpi-devel-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System requires openmpi = 1:4.1.1-5.el9, but none of the providers can be installed - openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.i686 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms does not belong to a distupgrade repository - cannot install both openmpi-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from @System - cannot install both openmpi-2:4.1.1-7.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 from rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms - cannot install the best update candidate for package openmpi-1:4.1.1-5.el9.x86_64 Expected results: successful upgrade
Thanks for this report
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-514cf7538c (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9.1) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-514cf7538c
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-e0f1fc6a14 (petsc-3.20.6-1.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.