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. -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) - Linux 3.9.4-301.fc19.x86_64 loadavg: 0.09 0.10 0.10 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
