The new RPM for kdebase on updates.redhat.com does not install cleanly onto a basically untouched RedHat system: [root@sgifford rhlupdate]# rpm -Uvh kde* error: file /usr/share/icons/desktop.xpm from install of kdebase-1.1.2-11 conflicts with file from package fvwm2-icons-2.2-5 error: file /usr/share/icons/folder.xpm from install of kdebase-1.1.2-11 conflicts with file from package fvwm2-icons-2.2-5 It installs OK with the --force option.
the errata announcement very clearly describes that this will be the case and gives directions on how to do the upgrade.
Which errata announcement might that be? I'm on redhat-announce, but didn't get it. I also checked the errata web pages (and searched for kdebase), and only found RHSA-1999:015-01, dated 1999-06-21 (and not revised in September). It doesn't mention any special instructions on doing the upgrade. (I assume --force is needed?)
Instead of simply closing a bug, referring to an errata notice without URI citation, and having a user go away and use --force -- thie following content might help: Conflicts fvwm, fvwm2-icons, fvwm2, AnotherLevel [root@printer autorpm]# rpm -Uvh \ /home/ftp/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/qt1x-1.44-4.i386.rpm \ /home/ftp/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/qt1x-devel-1.44-4.i386.rpm \ kdebase-1.1.2-11.i386.rpm file /usr/share/icons/desktop.xpm from install of kdebase-1.1.2-11 conflicts with file from package fvwm2-icons-2.2-5 file /usr/share/icons/folder.xpm from install of kdebase-1.1.2-11 conflicts with file from package fvwm2-icons-2.2-5 [root@printer autorpm]# [root@printer autorpm]# rpm -e fvwm2-icons error: removing these packages would break dependencies: fvwm2-icons is needed by AnotherLevel-0.9-1 fvwm2-icons is needed by fvwm-1.24r-17 fvwm2-icons is needed by fvwm2-2.2-5 [root@printer autorpm]# rpm -e fvwm2-icons AnotherLevel fvwm fvwm2 ... and THEN # rpm -Uvh \ /home/ftp/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/qt1x-1.44-4.i386.rpm \ /home/ftp/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/qt1x-devel-1.44-4.i386.rpm \ kdebase-1.1.2-11.i386.rpm will work ...