Description of problem: perl update fails with file conflicts Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): perl-5.8.8-10/perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.update RHEL 5 x86_64 Client 2. 3. Actual results: yum update Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories rhel-x86_64-client-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-client-workst 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Updating: perl x86_64 4:5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 rhel-x86_64-client-5 12 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 12 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man1/c2ph.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/cpan.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/dprofpp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/enc2xs.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/find2perl.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/h2ph.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/h2xs.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/instmodsh.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/libnetcfg.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlbug.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlcc.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/perlivp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/piconv.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pl2pm.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2html.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2latex.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2man.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2text.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pod2usage.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/podchecker.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/podselect.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/prove.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/psed.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/pstruct.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/s2p.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/splain.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 file /usr/share/man/man1/xsubpp.1.gz from install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.8-10 Expected results: update successful Additional info:
Hi, This looks like the same issue as bug #245989 - RHEL product management is aware of it, and should have a fix soon. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 245989 ***