hal + pam update errors

Michael Schwendt mschwendt.tmp0701.nospam at arcor.de
Fri Apr 6 18:32:31 UTC 2007


On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:34:41 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:

> On Friday 06 April 2007 07:58:07 Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > With up-to-date Rawhide i386, a package "test-libs" obsoletes an installed
> > package "test" just fine. Yum reports that "test-libs replaces test".
> > That is with test.i386 installed, test-libs.i386 only in the repo, and
> > a normal "yum update".
> 
> You're testing on a single arch system. 

Known.

> That's expected to work.

Yes, since it is supposed to "rename" the package.

But if it is, why is the Obsoletes not seen with the multi-lib test-case?

> Only test.x86_64 
> and test-libs.x86_64 will be seen for update, test.i386 remains around and 
> nothing picks up the test-libs.i386.

Unexpected behaviour. A bug. The Obsoletes in the x86_64 package is
seen and executed. The Obsoletes in the i386 package is not.




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