rpm package conflicts with itself in yum

Question

I prepared custom package platform-6-1.2.3-1.x86_64.

I want it to be conflicting with every OTHER plat-6 package installed in the system. Files of the package are not conflicting with the others plat-6 packages.

So I filled in spec file with:

Name: platform-6
Provides: plat-6
Conflicts: plat-6

Now, when I install the package on the system, sometimes I get this:

** Found 1 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
platform-6-1.2.3-1.x86_64 has installed conflicts plat-6: platform-6-1.2.3-1.x86_64
Error: check all

I wanted it to be conflicting with any OTHER package which has `Provides: plat-6` attribute. — mighq, Sep 30 '14 at 17:45

Mike · Answer 1 · 2014-09-30T17:50:30.727

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I think the issue is

Provides: plat-6

You are making it conflict with itself.

EDIT:

Try

Conflicts:          plat-6 < %{version}

edited Sep 30 '14 at 17:50

answered Sep 30 '14 at 17:44

Mike

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Sure, because it provides that capability, which is different from pkg name.But how to make it conflict with any other package providing that capability? – mighq Sep 30 '14 at 17:48
set a version less then the current one you are creating – Mike Sep 30 '14 at 17:49
see my edit for a conflicts with a version – Mike Sep 30 '14 at 17:50

rpm package conflicts with itself in yum

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