Description of problem: Upgrading a system without any developer tools installed got interrupted when trying to merge config files. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora-upgrade-19.1-1.fc18 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install F18 2. yum remove vim-enhanced vim-X11 diffuse kdiff3 meld 3. yum install fedora-upgrade 4. fedora-upgrade 5. after install, you should get some .rpmnew files relevant to PAM, so go ahead to resolve them 6. in rpmconf prompt, press M for merge Actual results: Error: Invalid frontend for merge: None See man page for valid list of frontends (the upgrade process ends prematurely) Expected results: Error: Invalid frontend for merge: None See man page for valid list of frontends Warning: rpmconf failed, probably you don't have any merge tool, install one and retry? Hit one of the following and Enter: 1) install vim-enhanced for vimdiff 2) install vim-X11 for gvimdiff 3) install diffuse 4) install kdiff3 5) install meld S) skip this step (the upgrade process then continues with resetting service priorities, listing unwanted packages, and whatever post-install steps) Additional info: maybe part of (or whole?) solution could be on rpmconf side (do not fail that hard), but I'd leave it to you to decide ...
fedora-upgrade will use vimdiff. Upstream commit 7139b84 Fixed in fedora-upgrade-19.3-1
fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19
Package fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-12999/fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
while vim-enhanced isn't that big dependency, wouldn't that be possible to depend on some virtual "mergetool" rather than forcing this one concrete, not allowing users to enjoy the tool of their choice? (e.g. I prefer kdiff3, I don't have vim-enhanced installed at all) - of course this would need also support in the respective packages as currently they do not provide such virtual
I have to require *something*. Virtual provides does not exist (patches are welcome). And vimdiff is smallest dependency. I bet people will not like if fedora-upgrade would require kdiff3 :)
fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
fedora-upgrade-19.3-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to Miroslav Suchý from comment #5) > I have to require *something*. Virtual provides does not exist (patches are > welcome). see bug #990444 > And vimdiff is smallest dependency. I bet people will not like if > fedora-upgrade would require kdiff3 :) true, I'd be the first one to complain (if I hadn't kdiff3 installed already) ;-) now I'm going to file a new RFE also for you ...