On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 02:08:10PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: >>> - If the file in both packages is identical, installation is allowed >>> and the file is written >>> - If the file in both packages is an ELF binary, the file used is the >>> file in the package for the primary architecture >>> - If the file in both packages is not an ELF binary a RPM conflict is >>> raised >> >> Are you sure about the third rule? > > Yes. > >> I think the problem arises because /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper >> is different in libguestfs.i686 and libguestfs.x86_64, but this file >> is a shell script, not an ELF binary. >> >> These are the files in libguestfs.i686 and libguestfs.x86_64 that have >> the same names but different content: >> >> /usr/bin/hivexget (ELF binary) >> /usr/bin/hivexml (ELF binary) >> /usr/bin/libguestfs-test-tool (ELF binary) >> /usr/libexec/libguestfs-test-tool-helper (ELF binary) >> /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper (shell script) >> >> Anyway, I will move the shell script and see if that helps. > > Wont help, the multilib file "shadowing" logic is NOT based on paths. > Looking at libguestfs.spec, here's the problem: > > %global _use_internal_dependency_generator 0 > > The external dependency generator doesn't create the file "coloring" that > the multilib magic needs to operate. So you'll get conflicts on all paths > where content differs. ...except looking at libguestfs-1.0.75-1.fc12, it *has* been built with internal dependency generator, and it gives: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] file /usr/bin/libguestfs-supermin-helper conflicts between attempted installs of libguestfs-1:1.0.75-1.fc12.i686 and libguestfs-1:1.0.75-1.fc12.x86_64 ...which is the expected behavior for a non-elf file (script in this case but doesn't matter). If both arch's of libguestfs have been installed, --replacefiles or --force has been used to force the install despite of a conflicting file. - Panu - -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
