Description of problem: libcacard builds various libcacard-* RPMs. However so does qemu. Since qemu has a higher Epoch than libcacard, the libcacard RPMs can never be installed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/libcacard http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=381007 libcacard-1.2.1-3.fc19 (epoch = 1) http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=380082 qemu-1.3.0-5.fc19 (epoch = 2) Additional info: There is a thread about this on the Fedora devel list, but unfortunately it has not yet appeared in the online archives.
The libcacard package needs to be obsoleted in favor of the subpackage of qemu, this has already been pointed out to me but I'm slow on the draw.
Two observations: 1) I see you've reverted the following already, but I'd like to point out that it would have been wrong for a different reason: > +Provides: libcacard = 1.2.2-5 > +Obsoletes: libcacard < 1.2.2-5 If at all (for an ordinary package rename), it should have been "Provides: libcacard = %{version}-%{release}", because it would not have made any sense for libcacard-1.3.0-6%{?dist} (with Epoch 1 even!) to provide also libcacard-1.2.2-5. 2) About removing the old libcacard from the distribution and from package git: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life
*ping*
(In reply to comment #3) > *ping* I'm afraid Alon has dropped the ball on this. I'll go and walk libcacard through the retirement procedure right away.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > *ping* > > I'm afraid Alon has dropped the ball on this. Correction, it looks like Alon has done most of the retirement procedure, but he has missed a few steps: 1. Obsoletes / Provides -> done by qemu subpackage 2. Mark as dead.package -> Alon did this for the f18 branch only, I've just done it for master 3. git rm in other branches -> NA 4. remove from comps -> NA 5. remove from spins -> NA 6. Mark as retired in pkgdb, done for f18 only, I don't have rights to do this for devel :| 7. Remove from upstream-release-monitoring -> NA 8. Block from koji collections, done, see: https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5465 So all that needs to be done now is hit "retire" in pkgdb for the devel branch. Alon can you please go here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/libcacard Hit the retire button for the devel branch, and then close this bug ?
Retired the devel branch. Closing as next release.