In the packaging guidelines we call out the problematic upgrades for replacing a directory with a non-directory, or replacing a symlink with a directory.
We don't mention replacing a regular file with a directory though. Empirically that appears to be a broken scenario too. # ls -al /usr/lib64/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/gmic_gimp_qt -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10443848 Aug 29 2024 /usr/lib64/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/gmic_gimp_qt # dnf update --enablerepo=updates-testing gmic-gimp ...snip... [5/8] Upgrading gmic-gimp-0:3.5.2-4.fc41.x86_64 >>> [RPM] failed to open dir gmic_gimp_qt of >>> /usr/lib64/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/gmic_gimp_qt/: cpio: mkdir failed - File exists >>> [RPM] unpacking of archive failed on file >>> /usr/lib64/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/gmic_gimp_qt/gmic_gimp_qt;67ceae1e: cpio: >>> mkdir failed - Directory not empty >>> Unpack error: gmic-gimp-0:3.5.2-4.fc41.x86_64 Did something change in cpio, or has it always been broken for regular file to directory replacement too, and our docs were thus always incomplete ? With regards, Daniel [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Directory_Replacement/ -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
