Re: postgis35-client side-by-side installation fails due to file conflicts

Hi,

On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 14:39 +0500, zaidagilist wrote:
> Installing postgis35_16-client fails on Rocky 9/10 when postgis35_17-
> client is already installed due to conflicting files.
>
> You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'.
> Error: Transaction test error:
>   file /usr/lib/.build-id/17/a5a6099655092cf0bb1b0b5ade26b8d9956374
> from install of postgis35_16-client-3.5.3-4PGDG.rhel9.x86_64 conflicts
> with file from package postgis35_17-client-3.5.3-4PGDG.rhel9.x86_64
>   file /usr/lib/.build-id/28/8c7835788235dc3f9f43dc56d40c4de1ec4b09
> from install of postgis35_16-client-3.5.3-4PGDG.rhel9.x86_64 conflicts
> with file from package postgis35_17-client-3.5.3-4PGDG.rhel9.x86_64

That is more like a feature than a bug. Binaries in -gui subpackages are
actually the same, that is why build-id's are the same. 

So: Installing one version of it is ok.

Maybe in the future I can just build one single -gui common package.
We'll see.

Regards,

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Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, PostgreSQL Major Contributor
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