Description of problem: RPM cannot replace a symlink with a directory or vice-versa. To work around this, you must use a %pretrans script in the specfile. In RPM 4.11 (see bug 447156), RPM was changed to detect and report such invalid operations as file conflicts (before this, it would just fail later). These conflicts do not occur in RPM when the proper %pretrans script is used to fix up the symlinks and directories. Unfortunately, yum now fails in transaction test (it does not execute pretrans?). So packages that need to replace symlinks with directories cannot be upgraded in Fedora 19. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.4.3-95.fc19.noarch rpm-4.11.0.1-2.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. On Fedora 19, install golang-1.1-2 from koji: http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/golang/1.1/2.fc19/x86_64/golang-1.1-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm 2. yum upgrade golang Actual results: Transaction check error (pages of output) Expected results: No error. Additional info: This might require a revert of this behavior in rpm?
Although yum's the one with symptoms, the problem is on rpm side in these cases.
Okay, the issue is caused by heuristics in rpm 4.11.x which decide when to let dir<->symlink replacement conflicts through in test-transactions: the heuristics fail to catch the case when package gets split into sub-packages. This can be triggered by rpm too with 'rpm -Uvh --test'. The heuristics need to be fixed to allow for package splits, but the conflict detection itself is not going away.
Err, spoke too soon. The issue is not specific to rpm 4.11 at all, it happens with older rpm versions (4.9.x and 4.10.x tested) as well if you run with 'rpm -Uvh --test', which is what yum does before doing the actual transaction. So AFAICS the golang update is broken for all Fedora versions.
Ok. I will try eliminating the subpackages as a workaround. Do you think I could keep them in rawhide?
This happens even when I eliminate the subpackage: /usr/share/golang/src/pkg/unicode/digit.go conflicts between attempted installs of golang-1.1.1-4.fc19.x86_64 and golang-1.1.1-4.fc19.x86_64 Self-conflicts?
Self-conflicts are entirely possible through directory symlinks, but rpm versions prior to 4.10 didn't notice them.
golang-1.1.1-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/golang-1.1.1-4.fc18
golang-1.1.1-4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/golang-1.1.1-4.fc17
golang-1.1.1-4.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/golang-1.1.1-4.fc19
A golang update could not address an rpm bug :) Switching component...
Sorry, I had the wrong bug in https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates ! Also, I think I have worked around this, so if it is not a valid bug anymore, please close.
I still have this problem, and I cannot work around as in the aforementioned golang. I have an update that is giving a conflict on itself for a symlink that should disappear. # yum --enablerepo=temp update Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package guacamole.noarch 0:0.8.1-2.fc19 will be updated ---> Package guacamole.noarch 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be obsoleting ---> Package guacamole-common.noarch 0:0.8.0-5.fc19 will be obsoleted ---> Package guacamole-common-js.noarch 0:0.7.1-3.fc19 will be obsoleted ---> Package guacamole-ext.noarch 0:0.8.0-4.fc19 will be obsoleted ---> Package guacd.x86_64 0:0.7.0-7.fc19 will be updated ---> Package guacd.x86_64 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be an update ---> Package libguac.x86_64 0:0.7.0-5.fc19 will be updated ---> Package libguac.x86_64 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be an update ---> Package libguac-client-rdp.x86_64 0:0.7.4-3.fc19 will be updated ---> Package libguac-client-rdp.x86_64 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be an update ---> Package libguac-client-ssh.x86_64 0:0.8.0-3.fc19 will be updated ---> Package libguac-client-ssh.x86_64 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be an update ---> Package libguac-client-vnc.x86_64 0:0.7.2-3.fc19 will be updated ---> Package libguac-client-vnc.x86_64 0:0.8.2-1.fc19 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: guacamole noarch 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 1.2 M replacing guacamole-common.noarch 0.8.0-5.fc19 replacing guacamole-common-js.noarch 0.7.1-3.fc19 replacing guacamole-ext.noarch 0.8.0-4.fc19 Updating: guacd x86_64 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 13 k libguac-client-rdp x86_64 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 30 k libguac-client-ssh x86_64 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 23 k libguac-client-vnc x86_64 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 9.6 k Updating for dependencies: libguac x86_64 0.8.2-1.fc19 temp 30 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Upgrade 4 Packages (+1 Dependent package) Total download size: 1.3 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: No Presto metadata available for temp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53 MB/s | 1.3 MB 00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction check error: file /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/guacamole/guacamole-common-js from install of guacamole-0.8.2-1.fc19.noarch conflicts with file from package guacamole-0.8.1-2.fc19.noarch Error Summary ------------- The file "/usr/share/tomcat/webapps/guacamole/guacamole-common-js" was a symlink in guacamole-0.8.1-2.fc19.noarch, now it's a folder since the other guacamole-common-js is now contained in guacamole-0.8.2-1.fc19.noarch. How to deal with such situation? What are the "%pretrans" hacks mentioned? I'm bumping the priority as this is preventing me to push updates to Fedora. Thanks, --Simone
Well, I've looked to all bugs referenced and this is happening since 2008! There are many workarounds floating in packages, like this one: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=036f949b899bb5d933e38760bf36995ca47df847 Is this the intended way to deal with the problem?
ping? Bumped distribution to f20, as it happens there as well...
This should be fixed in rpm >= 4.12, there was an issue where a %pretrans-removed symlink was still considered in fingerprinting, causing a bogus conflict to be reported: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=bcba176fbf0d2cae4d0ee01c0f1b19dde181fc59 If you can test your particular case with the rawhide rpm, that'd be appreciated.
Thanks, I will try to test it this week. Need some time to set up a Rawhide system between one meeting and the other.
(In reply to Panu Matilainen from comment #15) > This should be fixed in rpm >= 4.12, there was an issue where a > %pretrans-removed symlink was still considered in fingerprinting, causing a > bogus conflict to be reported: > http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff; > h=bcba176fbf0d2cae4d0ee01c0f1b19dde181fc59 > > If you can test your particular case with the rawhide rpm, that'd be > appreciated. The latest rawhide build is rpm-4.11.2-1.fc21 I believe. This build does not yet let me update a symlink with a directory using yum. rpm -Uvh works, but yum install fails (similar to rpm -Uvh --test). See bug 1054396 for details as to how to reproduce. RPM from rawhide does not fix the problem for me.
(In reply to Severin Gehwolf from comment #17) > (In reply to Panu Matilainen from comment #15) > > This should be fixed in rpm >= 4.12, there was an issue where a > > %pretrans-removed symlink was still considered in fingerprinting, causing a > > bogus conflict to be reported: > > http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff; > > h=bcba176fbf0d2cae4d0ee01c0f1b19dde181fc59 > > > > If you can test your particular case with the rawhide rpm, that'd be > > appreciated. > > The latest rawhide build is rpm-4.11.2-1.fc21 I believe. This build does not > yet let me update a symlink with a directory using yum. rpm -Uvh works, but > yum install fails (similar to rpm -Uvh --test). See bug 1054396 for details > as to how to reproduce. RPM from rawhide does not fix the problem for me. Panu backported the fix to 4.11.2: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commit;h=7e5d0fa5b9089598765d1f0b9f3fbb1517175107 but I can confirm that with 4.11.2-2.fc20, "yum upgrade" behaves differently to "rpm -U", and the problem I described here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-December/193266.html still exists when using "yum upgrade" (though not with "rpm -U"). I found bug 1076552 and discovered that a fix for that bug is now in rawhide. The latest build is 4.11.2-4.fc21 (http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=507188). With 4.11.2-4.fc21 the problem does seem to be fixed, and old files are not left behind when upgrading the 'test' package using "yum upgrade". Panu, do you think the bug 1076552 fix will make its way into F20? Unless I am mistaken, the solution for replacing a symlink to a directory with a directory, documented here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Directory_Replacement leaves behind old files.
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Happening again on Fedora 37: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123422 In the lv2-devel package a symlink is replaced by a directory in an update: Before: /usr/include/lv2/atom -> ../../lib64/lv2/atom.lv2 After: /usr/include/lv2/atom/
This is a known issue, have you consulted https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Directory_Replacement/ ?
No I missed that page, I was not aware. Beside that, I've seen the bug was closed to inactivity and thought it was a good idea not to lose it. But based on the packaging guidelines page and your answer I guess at this point there is no plan to fix it. Nevermind then, thanks.