On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM <fed...@eyal.emu.id.au> wrote: > > Doing an upgrade, following the recommended doco. > > At the step > $ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=42 > --setopt=keepcache=1 > (even with --allowerasing) > > I get > > 2025-05-17T21:13:37+1000 CRITICAL Error: Transaction test error: > file /usr/bin/rhino conflicts between attempted installs of > rhino-1.7.14-14.fc42.noarch and nut-2.8.3-1.fc42.x86_64 > > Turns out both packages contain a file with this name but not in the same > directory. > > Is this a bin vs sbin artifact? > the nut package includes /usr/sbin/rhino > Driver for Brazilian Microsol RHINO UPS equipment > the rhino package includes /usr/bin/rhino > invokes the JavaScript shell for running scripts in batch > mode or interactive > > I decided to remove the package 'rhino' which did not remove anything else > (so nobody needs it?). > maybe other programs need /usr/bin/rhino but fail to declare the dependency. > I can add rhino later if required. > > I need 'nut' and do not want to remove it. > > What is the correct way to resolve this problem? > Can I leave rhino installed but exclude it from the upgrade? > > Tomorrow I will do the upgrade reboot and hope all goes well.
Related, see <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unify_bin_and_sbin>. Unfortunately, the document does not provide troubleshooting or workaround steps. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-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/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
