[Mageia-dev] Directory conflict ?

Wed Sep 5 23:20:59 CEST 2012

On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:53:13 +0200
+Guillaume Rousse wrote:
+
+> > 'Twas brillig, and Guillaume Rousse at 05/09/12 12:46 did gyre and
+> > gimble:  
+> >> It seems than rpm now consider two packages shipping the same
+> >> directory as a conflict:
+> >>
+> >> Installation failed:    file /etc/nagios from install of
+> >> nrpe-2.13-2.mga3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
+> >> nagios-1:3.4.1-7.mga3.x86_64  
+> >
+> > Are you referring to specs that have:
+> >
+> > %dir /etc/foo
+> >
+> > here? If so, won't this affect a metric crapload of packages?  
+> Exactly. Unless I've missing something obvious.
+
+You are missing something (-;
+
+I think the error from rpm is that 2 pkgs want to own the same 
+directory../etc/nagios
+
+
+In this case nrpe is a nagios addon.
+It should 
+Require: nagios
+which Does install and should own /etc/nagios
+and the %dir /etc/foo should be dropped from nrpe.spec
+
+
+    Charles
+
+
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