[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Allow file namesakes on symlink->dir replacement (#1684)

[Michal Domonkos]

@dmnks commented on this pull request.



> @@ -633,7 +633,17 @@ assert(otherFi != NULL);
 		rConflicts = handleColorConflict(ts, fs, fi, i,
 						otherFs, otherFi, otherFileNum);
 
-		if (rConflicts && reportConflicts) {
+		/*
+		 * This may be a false positive (two separate files) if a
+		 * symlink is being replaced by a directory in one of these two
+		 * paths.  This check extends the one for removal conflicts in
+		 * handleInstInstalledFile().
+		 */
+		int reportThis = !(p == otherTe &&
+				   rpmtsFlags(ts) & RPMTRANS_FLAG_TEST &&
+				   rpmteHaveTransScript(p, RPMTAG_PRETRANS));

Having written the above, I realize that maybe just detecting one case of a symlink replacement in the path would suffice for the conflict exception to be "granted" :)

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