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Most of them "self conflict" +</I>><i> which is a trivial fix in those packages. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The ones that are actually mildly complicated are: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> info-install:dpkg +</I>><i> zapata:dahdi-tools +</I>><i> coreutils:heimdal-workstation +</I>><i> util-linux:heimdal-login shadow-utils +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The heimdal-login issues should be mostly OK, as the package itself +</I>><i> conflicts with util-linux, but the -workstation provides it's own "su" +</I>><i> in /usr/bin. This is likely to be a problem in itself as I'm not sure +</I>><i> any package can conflict with core-utils!! I don't know anything about +</I>><i> heimdal, so anyone with expertise in the ins and outs of this should +</I>><i> speak up! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The Only other real problem is that we currently use "login" from +</I>><i> shadow-utils (by virtue of it being in /usr/bin) but a /bin/login is +</I>><i> provided by util-linux. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It seems fedora use the util-linux one and remove binaries from +</I>><i> shadow-utils they don't use. If no-one has any strong opinion or +</I>><i> knowledge here I'll just follow that pattern. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=shadow-utils.git;a=blob;f=shadow-utils.spec;hb=HEAD">http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=shadow-utils.git;a=blob;f=shadow-utils.spec;hb=HEAD</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I've not done checks in the various lib packages (for /lib and /lib64) +</I>><i> but I suspect there will be less complications there anyway and mostly +</I>><i> just self-conflicts. +</I> +OK, so I've now down more analysis and the following should be a +complete list of package which have issues relating to the same files +existing in / vs /usr (46 packages in total): + + acl-2.2.51-3.mga2.src.rpm + alsa-utils-1.0.25-4.mga2.src.rpm + attr-2.4.46-1.mga2.src.rpm + bluez-4.101-1.mga3.src.rpm + coreutils-8.17-1.mga3.src.rpm + davfs2-1.4.6-1.mga1.src.rpm + db47-4.7.25-8.mga1.src.rpm + db48-4.8.30-8.mga2.src.rpm + db51-5.1.25-5.mga2.src.rpm + db52-5.2.36-2.mga3.src.rpm + dmapi-2.2.10-3.mga1.src.rpm + filesystem-2.1.9-17.mga2.src.rpm + findutils-4.5.10-1.mga2.src.rpm + fuse-2.8.7-1.mga2.src.rpm + gawk-4.0.1-1.mga2.src.rpm + gcc-4.7.1-3.mga3.src.rpm + gettext-0.18.1.1-2.mga2.src.rpm + grub-0.97-32.mga1.src.rpm + gzip-1.5-1.mga3.src.rpm + iputils-20101006-3.mga2.src.rpm + kbd-1.15.3-1.mga2.src.rpm + kmod-8-1.mga3.src.rpm + libselinux-2.0.78-3.mga1.src.rpm + libtermcap-2.0.8-51.mga3.src.rpm + libusb1-1.0.9-1.mga2.src.rpm + libusb-compat-0.1.4-1.mga3.src.rpm + lsb-4.1-12.mga3.src.rpm + lsb-release-2.0-37.mga3.src.rpm + ncpfs-2.2.6-12.mga3.src.rpm + ncurses-5.9-6.mga2.src.rpm + nspr-4.9.1-1.mga3.src.rpm + nss-3.13.5-1.mga3.src.rpm + open-1.4-21.mga1.src.rpm + pcre-8.21-1.mga2.src.rpm + pdksh-5.2.14-29.mga1.src.rpm + plymouth-0.8.5.1-1.mga3.src.rpm + procps-3.2.8-6.mga1.src.rpm + readline-6.2-4.mga2.src.rpm + sound-scripts-0.62-9.mga3.src.rpm + systemd-186-1.mga3.src.rpm + texinfo-4.13a-5.mga3.src.rpm + util-linux-2.21.2-1.mga3.src.rpm + xfsdump-3.1.0-1.mga2.src.rpm + xz-5.0.4-1.mga3.src.rpm + zapata-1.4.12.1-2.mga2.src.rpm + zlib-1.2.7-3.mga3.src.rpm + + + +My plan will be to rebuild each of them locally without any kind of +conflicts (most of them self conflicts as I mentioned previously). + +Then I will update the filesystem package and build it locally with the +rpm test so it cannot be installed unless the filesystem is in a +suitible state, do the filesystem conversion via dracut, then upgrade +filesystem package and all the rebuilt packages. + +Assuming my system is fine, I will then submit all the packages above +for build on the buildsystem, update the filesystem package on the +buildsystem, then rebuild all the above packages again but with an +additional Requires(pre): filesystem >= $whatever-it-is. + + +Assuming it all works for me, would others be willing to test (on +x86_64) the packages I'll build? I'll publish them to a custom repo, +along with detailed instructions on the dracut procedure, for running +the upgrade. + + +Cheers + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> + + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017270.html">[Mageia-dev] Planning the /usr move +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017267.html">[Mageia-dev] Complimentary article +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#17336">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#17336">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#17336">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#17336">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |