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Subject:    conflicts when file changed from 32bit to 64bit
From:       pbecker () unidesk ! com (Paul Becker)
Date:       2016-03-16 13:14:56
Message-ID: b158c011e557414eaee71f855da79772 () MBX01D-ORD1 ! mex08 ! mlsrvr ! com
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:34 AM
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Subject: Re: conflicts when file changed from 32bit to 64bit

On 03/15/2016 06:05 PM, Paul Becker wrote:
> > I changed one binary file in the RPM from 32bit to 64 bit and now RPM 
> > seems to think it is an all new RPM
> > 
> > and will not update the previous RPM version. RPM complains about file 
> > conflicts and if I force
> > 
> > the install, it keeps the previous RPM installed and I have to remove 
> > it manually.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a way I can make this RPM with a new 64 bit binary properly 
> > update the previous RPM installed
> > 
> > that had a 32bit binary in it?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > yum info still says 32 bit on both the new RPM and the previous RPM.
> > 
> > Arch        : i386
> > 
> > The only change between the latest RPM and the previous RPM is the 
> > binary file and release version string that was
> > 
> > incremented by one.


> That's pretty weird as there should not be a conflict between a package and its \
> update at all as they are not installed at the same time. Can you post the error \
> message, please? 
> I wonder if this is a multilib situation where you have both a i386 and an x86_64 \
> package installed and are updating only the i386 package. 
> Florian

here is my error message.
Thank you for the response.


root at localhost ~]# rpm -Uhv unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386.rpm 
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
        file /opt/sbin/netcfg.py from install of \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from package \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file /root/genSslCert.sh from install \
of unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from package \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file /root/getversions.sh from install \
of unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from package \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file /root/update_cfg_files.sh from \
install of unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from \
package unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file /root/update_common.sh \
from install of unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from \
package unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file /root/update_unidesk.sh \
from install of unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from \
package unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386  file \
/usr/local/unitools/logconvert.sh from install of \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-46.quad.i386 conflicts with file from package \
unidesk_uniscripts_elm_c7-4.0.0-33.quad.i386

the conflicted files were the files changes since build 33 to 46.
I am actually using 'yum' but I test with 'rpm'.

--thanks

--
Paul Becker
pbecker at unidesk.com


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