[Fedora-packaging] /etc/mtab is listed in setup and util-linux

Ondrej Vasik ovasik at redhat.com
Mon Jan 24 14:55:06 UTC 2011


Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> [Reposted from devel, this is a more appropriate list]
> 
> febootstrap doesn't like:
> 
>   febootstrap: error: /etc/mtab is a config file which is listed in two
>   packages
>   (setup-2.8.30-1.fc15.noarch.rpm,
>   util-linux-2.19-0.2.fc15.x86_64.rpm)
> 
> Is it OK for a %config file to exist in two RPMs?
> 
> Wouldn't RPM always create an .rpmsave or .rpmnew file in these
> circumstances?

Yes, ownership of /etc/mtab in setup is planned to be dropped in next
rawhide setup build.

Ondrej Vasik



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