m4 dependency error in current rawhide update

Jay Cliburn jacliburn at bellsouth.net
Mon Jul 17 23:59:06 UTC 2006


Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:23:08 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone else report this, so I'm not sure 
>> if rpm --force -Uvh to update m4 is okay.  The odd thing is, there isn't 
>> a file /usr/share/info/dir anywhere in the m4 package; there's a
>> /usr/share/info/m4.info.gz instead.
>>
>> Advice?
> 
>> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/info/dir from install of 
>> m4-1.4.5-1 conflicts with file from package info-4.8-11.1
> 
> Packaging mistake / package building side-effect. The package spec file is
> missing
> 
>   rm -f %{_infodir}/dir
> 
> in the %install section in order to not package this file, which is
> created when the package is built in a special environment, such as mock.

Thanks.  So the best thing is to simply wait for the fixed package?




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