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Re: [setup topic/libsolv] Does "obsoletes:" work?
On 21/10/2017 21:18, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/20/2017 6:24 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
Have you ever tested the "obsoletes:" feature of setup/libsolv? I
tried adding an "obsoletes:" line to setup.ini, and it didn't seem to
have any effect.
It seems I tested it back in May, so it might well have broken since :)
Here's a very small test repo I've been using for some tests:
http://www.dronecode.org.uk/cygwin/test/x86_64/
But yes, your patch looks like it's needed for it to work correctly...
It turns out that it *is* working (after a minor fix, attached), but not
always as I expect. Suppose A requires B and C obsoletes B. Then the
"obsoletes" statement appears to have no effect. If I remove the
dependence of A on B, then setup does propose uninstalling B and
installing C.
I guess the issue is that libsolv interprets "C obsoletes B" as
"uninstall B and install C", and it won't uninstall B while something
requires it.
The 'targeted' vs. 'untargeted' distinction is relevant here? Perhaps we
are doing the wrong one?