Creating RPM with Conflicting Files

[Stuart D. Gathman]

Long ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on Mar 6, Jen Tille would write:

> I bundle python along with several other packages into my own RPM and
> release to my clients. 
> 
> My old RPM and new RPM contain the same file: /usr/local/bin/pydoc  so my
> new RPM conflicts and won't install.
> 
> Some systems may have both RPMs installed while others may only have the new
> RPM. 
> 
> How can I create the new RPM so it will overwrite the pydoc file if the
> system has the old RPM?

Put the pydoc (and any other common files) into its own RPM, and make both
RPMs depend on it.

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 	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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