Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 606266
Unable to localupdate packages (ppc el5, nodeps) -> (ppc64 el6)
Last modified: 2015-01-04 16:57:35 EST
Description of problem: There is not possible to update any package from rhel5 to rhel6 on PPC64 platform of RHEL6 Server. It just gives file conflicts and seems does not "understand" the new package being the update of the "old" one. For the rest of the platforms the scenario below worked okey. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.8.0-8.el6.ppc64 How reproducible: 2 from 2 attempts. Steps to Reproduce: 1. make force install of any RHEL5 package on RHEL6 system (like: "rpm -Uvh zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc.rpm --nodeps") 2. try to update the package and bring it to up-to-date state (either by rpm -Uvh or yum update from nightly RHEL6 repo). 3. Actual results: rpm -Uvh zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] file /etc/skel/.zshrc from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /etc/zlogin from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /etc/zlogout from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /etc/zprofile from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /etc/zshenv from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /etc/zshrc from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/info/zsh.info-1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/info/zsh.info-2.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/info/zsh.info-3.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/info/zsh.info-4.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/info/zsh.info.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zsh.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshall.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshbuiltins.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshcompctl.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshcompsys.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshcompwid.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshcontrib.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshexpn.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshmisc.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshmodules.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshoptions.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshparam.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshtcpsys.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshzftpsys.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc file /usr/share/man/man1/zshzle.1.gz from install of zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 conflicts with file from package zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc Expected results: The zsh package should get successfully updated with el6 version. Additional info:
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux major release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Major release. This request is not yet committed for inclusion.
Note that the architecture is changing here from ppc to ppc64, as the primary ppc arch apparently changed from ppc to ppc64 in RHEL 6. The PowerPC is a multiarch system, and to rpm its perfectly ok for you to have both ppc and ppc64 packages parallel-installed, as long as the files dont conflict. Rpm doesn't have much chance of knowing whether a given package should be cross-arch upgraded or not. CC'ing James Antill for yum POV: what does yum do in cases like this?
yum localinstall zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64.rpm Loaded plugins: rhnplugin This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Setting up Local Package Process Examining zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64.rpm: zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64 Marking zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.ppc64.rpm as an update to zsh-4.2.6-3.el5.ppc Nothing to do
Garik what version of yum is that? If PkgA-1.i386 is installed and _only_ PkgA-2.x86_64 is available, yum should update it (and we have tests for that). Dito. the other direction. ppc* should work the same, but we just test .i386 and .x86_64. We also don't test localinstall, which might well have some bugs.
hi, it's: yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-5.el6.noarch in the system. and there was no zsh package before my attempt of manual install (the older version there).
err: yum-3.2.27-9.el6.noarch
Garik do you have a ppc/ppc64 system I can access to look at this problem?
Taking this as it looks like, at least one, yum bug. Not sure if we'll get it fixed for 6.0 though.
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. It has been denied for the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. ** If you would still like this issue considered for the current release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **
Given it's only a real problem with RHEL-5 => RHEL-6 updates (unsupported). I'm going to WONTFIX this, if we really need to look at it again feel free to shout (but shout about what you need to work ... yum updates via. repos. vs. localinstall vs. rpm).