On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 18:30 -0800, Dave Peterson wrote: > > 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. > > I'm not familiar with the concept of package colors. What are > they? > > Also, it looks like the comparison is influenced by the color > bits and preferred file color associated with a transaction > set. What are these? > It's related to multilib support in rpm. The idea of having, for example, an i386 pkg and an x86_64 pkg owning some of the same files on a system w/o it being a problem. -sv _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
