File conflict when upgrading package

[Reindl Harald]

Am 17.11.2013 22:12, schrieb Sandro Mani:
> On 17.11.2013 22:07, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 17.11.2013 22:02, schrieb Sandro Mani:
>>> On 17.11.2013 22:00, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>> Am 17.11.2013 21:47, schrieb Sandro Mani:
>>>>> There was an incorrect desktop-file-install call in a package I maintain, i.e.
>>>>>
>>>>> |desktop-file-install --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop %{SOURCE1}
>>>>>
>>>>> which caused the .desktop file to get installed to
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/share/applications/%{name}.desktop/%{name}.desktop
>>>>>
>>>>> I fixed the syntax (by removing the %{name}.desktop part), but now when upgrading the package I get
>>>>> |
>>>>>
>>>>> Transaction check error:
>>>>>     file /usr/share/applications/xflr5.desktop from install of xflr5-6.09.05-5.fc21.x86_64 conflicts with file
>>>>> from
>>>>> package xflr5-6.09.05-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I make the update work smoothly? I tried explicitly specifying Conflicts: xflr5 < 5.09.05-5, but it
>>>>> did not
>>>>> help.
>>>> xflr5-6.09.05-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>> xflr5-6.09.05-5.fc21.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> why in the world do you specify any conflicts for a ordinary update?
>>>>
>>> I didn't do it in the package in the repos. It was just something I tried locally when trying to find a way to make
>>> the update work, since I ran out of ideas how to solve it otherwise
>> please describe the *real* problem without hacks
>>
> xflr5-6.09.05-4.fc21.x86_64 had an incorrect desktop-file-install call in the spec file, namely
> desktop-file-install --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop %{SOURCE1}
> which caused the desktop file to get installed to /usr/share/applications/xflr5.desktop/xflr5.desktop
> 
> In xflr5-6.09.05-5.fc21.x86_64, I fixed the desktop-file-install call to
> desktop-file-install --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/ %{SOURCE1}
> so that the desktop file is correctly installed to
> /usr/share/applications/xflr5.desktop
> 
> Upgrading from xflr5-6.09.05-4.fc21.x86_64 to xflr5-6.09.05-5.fc21.x86_64 however fails with
> Transaction check error:
>    file /usr/share/applications/xflr5.desktop from install of xflr5-6.09.05-5.fc21.x86_64 conflicts with file from
> package xflr5-6.09.05-4.fc21.x86_64

can you please provide both SPEC files

i still do not get why there can be any conflict
this is not a common behavior in changed %files section for whatever reason
no longer listed files are supposed to be removed without any noise

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