workaround for 116299? ("Obsoletes:" problem in rpm)

[Doncho N. Gunchev]

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On Tuesday 24 February 2004 23:39, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> Hi all... anyone has any idea on how I could work around bug 116299?
> (see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116299)
> 
> Basically (in FC1), in certain instances the "Obsoletes:" tag is being
> ignored by rpm in such a way that I cannot change the naming of a
> package (ie: if I try to install the new package, which "Obsoletes:"
> another older package with almost the same contents but a different
> name, the rpm process fails with a "conflicting files" message instead
> of replacing the old package with the new one). 
> 

I think...
$ rpm -e oldpackage --nodeps
$ rpm -ihv newpackage
should work...

> Maybe I'm making some packaging mistake, but the exact same thing works
> fine in RedHat 7.3/8.0/9...
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
> 
> 

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