gnustep-base error

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 11:30 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 21:27:11 +0530,
>    piruthiviraj natarajan <piruthiviraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Today's rawhide breaks this
> >
> >Transaction check error:
> >  file /usr/lib64/GNUstep/DTDs from install of
> >gnustep-base-1.24.4-6.fc20.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
> >gnustep-base-1.24.4-5.fc20.x86_64
> 
> I have filed a bug against yum for this. I have seen this happen with 
> some other packages on occasion. I am not sure what triggers this, but 
> it shouldn't be possible to have a file conflict against a package that 
> is being removed.

My recollection is that it's indicative of a packaging error, not a bug
in yum. The same happened in F19, btw, and the update was -1ed into
oblivion. I think _possibly_ this is what happens when you change a
directory into a symlink or vice versa? Corrections welcome.
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