[Fedora-packaging] /etc/mtab is listed in setup and util-linux

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Mon Jan 24 14:58:36 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 03:55:06PM +0100, Ondrej Vasik wrote:
> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > [Reposted from devel, this is a more appropriate list]
> > 
> > febootstrap doesn't like:
> > 
> >   febootstrap: error: /etc/mtab is a config file which is listed in two
> >   packages
> >   (setup-2.8.30-1.fc15.noarch.rpm,
> >   util-linux-2.19-0.2.fc15.x86_64.rpm)
> > 
> > Is it OK for a %config file to exist in two RPMs?
> > 
> > Wouldn't RPM always create an .rpmsave or .rpmnew file in these
> > circumstances?
> 
> Yes, ownership of /etc/mtab in setup is planned to be dropped in next
> rawhide setup build.

Great, I will be able to build libguestfs again ...

Thanks,

Rich.

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