[PlanetCCRMA] possible trouble with newest FC3 updates

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 06:48, Tracey Hytry wrote:
> Since I had seen that fedora had updated a few things, and Fernanado 
> had updated a few other things on FC3, that I'd use synaptic and 
> get the files.
> 
> Now I know that there were some things said about fedora's statement 
> about don't expect other repositories to work with theirs?  I guesss 
> they may have proven their point?
> 
> Here's the error I get from the apt system:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> While preparing for installation:
> 
> 	file /usr/bin/sweep from install of lam-7.1.1-7.FC3 conflicts with file from package sweep-0.8.3-2.rhfc3.ccrma
> 	file /usr/share/man/man1/sweep.1.gz from install of lam-7.1.1-7.FC3 conflicts with file from package sweep-0.8.3-2.rhfc3.ccrma
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I guess the above pretty much explains it!
> 
> For myself, I decided that the sweep audio package is more important 
> then the new lam package that fedora has brewed up, so I'll pass 
> on upgrading lam for the time being.

Are you actually using lam? (the other option is obviously erasing it).
If so, do you know anything about "sweep" in lam-world?

Name collissions in something like /usr/bin are, I guess, unavoidable.
I've dealt with a couple myself in the past, luckily so far in
peripherial packages where I just renamed a random utility that
conflicted with a Fedora or RedHat package (can't remember which). 

This time it is more complex because I can't obviously rename sweep (the
sound editor). The only other option would be to release a version of
lam with a name change for sweep if that does not affect lam's
functionality. 

-- Fernando