During latest update in Yumex I sadly got this error report: ERROR: Error in Yum-Transaktion: Test-Transaktion error: file /usr/bin from install of filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.i686 conflicts with file from package google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1580-0.i386 filesystem cannot be updated then. No more information I do have for this error at this moment in time. Please help, i can't/don't want't to leave filesystem without update and don't want it that conflict with google earth stable. Tell me where to look or with what information to provide you. Thanks.
Thanks for report. Google earth package SHOULD NOT own /usr/bin directory. It is their packaging mistake, which violates Fedora packaging guidelines - see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ownership . Anyway - there was no change in permissions in /usr/bin subdir, so rpm should be normally tolerant to this ownership conflict - they are ignored, if the user/group ownership and permissions on the directory are the same. That being said, you may open the rpm archive in e.g. midnight commander and check what permissions are set on /usr/bin in the cpio archives. It should have 555:root:root in both. I suspect there is default 755:root:root in the google earth package - but this is violation of Fedora packaging guidelines and their packaging mistake. It is even confirmed by them - see e.g. http://code.google.com/p/earth-issues/issues/detail?id=1525 . Closing NOTABUG.
Hi guys, i don't know if this might resolve your problem, but i had the same problem and i find this to fix... Source: www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-rpm-using.html 10.2.2.2. Conflicting Files If you attempt to install a package that contains a file which has already been installed by another package, the following is displayed: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] file /usr/bin/foo from install of foo-1.0-1 conflicts with file from package bar-2.0.20 To make RPM ignore this error, use the --replacefiles option: rpm -ivh --replacefiles foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm Good luck!
Same bug on Fedora 22. Yes, this is a bug, Google's fault or not, because Google Earth is still broken for users on Fedora. Three years+ later.
I understand, but changing defaults in Fedora is not the right way. Permissions were reduced as part of "security hardening" - and I don't see any reason why google shouldn't drop their /usr/bin/ ownership from their packages. Easiest way (%exclude %dir %{_bindir} in %files section) - or if they have this intentionally listed in %files section, they should remove this line and/or change permissions according to filesystem package. (removal preferred).
(In reply to kilolima from comment #3) > Same bug on Fedora 22. Yes, this is a bug, Google's fault or not, because > Google Earth is still broken for users on Fedora. Three years+ later. you should complain at https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/msgid/maps/e213f100-7a19-4ec5-a89f-5c503ec6ded0%40googleproductforums.com
Still an issue with F23 + latest stable google-earth version. The google-forum entry has been locked, while the issue still persists - seems google doesn't really care...