Bug 496116

Summary:	x11-misc/xxkb-1.11-r2, x11-misc/xvkbd-3.4a-r1: file collision on /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team <desktop-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	joost.ruis
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	523158

Description Robin Johnson archtester

2013-12-27 02:03:14 UTC

* package x11-misc/xvkbd-3.4a-r1 NOT merged
 * 
 * Detected file collision(s):
 * 
 * 	/usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
 * 
 * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
 * 
 * x11-misc/xxkb-1.11-r2:0::gentoo
 * 	/usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults

# ls -la /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Dec 26 18:00 /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults -> ../../../etc/X11/app-defaults

By the looks of things, this symlink should probably be moved to common package.

Comment 1 Joost Ruis 2014-09-18 12:06:34 UTC

 * Messages for package x11-misc/xvkbd-3.5:

 * 
 * Detected file collision(s):
 * 
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
 * 
 * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
 * 
 * games-board/xscrabble-2.10-r1:0::gentoo
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * x11-misc/xxkb-1.11-r2:0::gentoo
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5c:0::gentoo
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * app-i18n/kinput2-3.1-r2:0::gentoo
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults
 * 
 * games-board/xgammon-0.98:0::gentoo
 *      /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-09-18 18:02:50 UTC

Is it trying to install a file named /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults there?

Comment 3 Joost Ruis 2014-09-18 18:23:08 UTC

(In reply to Jeroen Roovers from comment #2)
> Is it trying to install a file named /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults there?

It does and it seems that more atoms seem to claim ownership.

Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-09-18 18:41:14 UTC

Fixed in x11-misc/xvkbd-3.5-r1 and x11-misc/xxkb-1.11-r3.

Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-09-18 18:42:50 UTC

(In reply to Joost Ruis from comment #3)
> (In reply to Jeroen Roovers from comment #2)
> > Is it trying to install a file named /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults there?
> 
> It does and it seems that more atoms seem to claim ownership.

No, both packages tried to install a directory where there already was a symlink to the proper app-defaults directory:

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults -> ../../../etc/X11/app-defaults