Re: Conflicts not being resolved

[Tom Callaway]

On 05/23/2009 06:37 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts#Other_Uses_of_Conflicts:
>  
>  | As a general rule, Fedora packages must NOT contain any usage of the
>  | Conflicts: field.
>  
>  | Keep in mind that implicit conflicts are NEVER acceptable. 
>  
>  | If your package conflicts with another package, then you must either
>  | resolve the conflict, or mark it with Conflicts:.
>  
>  What happens so far is that packagers simply ignore it.
>  Again I see bz tickets from Nov 2008 which have not been responded to.
>  
>  The page doesn't point out that missing "Conflicts" tags are bad.
>  Implicit conflicts are not detected prior to an RPM transaction check.
>  Typically, implicit conflicts cause tools like Yum to fail, leaving it
>  to the user to do the head-scratching and to remove packages manually. 
This seems like a great place for someone who is looking for a way to
help out Fedora to work on, closing out these bugs.

~spot