On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 15:40 -0800, Dave Peterson wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about RPM package conflicts: Does RPM > view two packages as being in conflict whenever both > packages provide a file with the exact same pathname? > It's a bit complicated. 1. if the checksums of the files are identical then it is not a conflict 2. if the checksums of the files are NOT identical, but they are binaries (elf) then if the two owning packages are of different (but compatible) colors then there is not a conflict. I think that's the majority of the file conflict behavior but I'm sure there are things I've missed. -sv _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
