Re: Error: transaction test error

[Petr Pisar]

V Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 03:19:18PM +0100, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek napsal(a):
>  can deal with that. But if they having conflicting files with
>  declaring Conflicts, this is only detected after packages have been
>  downloaded and results in a failed transaction and is generally bad UX. 
s/with/without/ ?

>  Recently I was installing a bunch of packages for the the
> "package notes"
>  tests, and I was surprised how many such packages we have:
>  
>  Error: Transaction test error:
>    file /usr/bin/arping from install of golang-github-j-keck-arping-1.0.2-2.fc36.x86_64
> conflicts with file from package iputils-20211215-2.fc36.x86_64
>    file /usr/bin/cbc from install of libcouchbase-tools-3.2.2-1.fc36.x86_64 conflicts with
> file from package coin-or-Cbc-2.10.5-8.fc36.x86_64 
[...]
>  Such conflicts lead to subpar user experience… Should we make an
> effort to clean this
>  up? 
We could add a new implicit CI test to check for the conflicting files. A test
similar to fedora-ci.koji-build.installability.functional. That would inform
packagers that their new build is missing the explicit Conflicts.

>  Add Conflicts between those packages? 
Yes. It's mandated by the guidelines
<https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Conflicts/#_imp...;.

-- Petr