How do I resolve package conflicts? (SOLVED)

[Anthony]

On 06/08/2013 06:26 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 05:37:28 -0500, Anthony wrote:
> 
>>> Avoid including any files which are included in other packages 
>>> already: 
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Conflicts
>> 
>> Excellent resource, thank you! So how should a conflict in an
>> existing package be handled. For example, the filesystem conflict
>> that Google Earth has?
> 
> It's a packaging mistake in the Google Earth package. That package
> must not include any file/directory (with different permission
> flags or different contents), which belongs into Fedora's
> "filesystem" package (or any other package).
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ownership
>
> 
and
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts#Implicit_Conflicts
>
> 
>> Should I simply not install the package and report the bug to
>> Google?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> As a work-around, you can examine the conflict and restore the
> directory permissions _after_ installing the package. Option
> --force also adds option --replacefiles, however, so be careful.

Thank you, Michael. Answered all of my questions and I'm much more
comfortable working with packages now :-)

Anthony