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 -- 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
