Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> With the recent discussion about the conflicting README file
> in the kernel, I decided to check for other files that are
> owned by more than one package. I have attached the output
> of my quick-and-dirty script.
> I scans only the installed packages, but that should cover
> most issues.
>
> Most of the time, the problem is just a few files, but there
> are some more severe cases:
> 146 duplicates in openssl-0.9.6-7mdk and openssl-devel-0.9.6-7mdk
> 96 duplicates in XFree86-4.0.3-3mdk and XFree86-devel-4.0.3-3mdk
> 76 duplicates in bonobo-0.37-2mdk and libbonobo2-devel-0.37-2mdk
> 76 duplicates in icewm-1.0.7-2mdk and icewm-light-1.0.7-2mdk
> 58 duplicates in kdeaddutils-2.1-1mdk and kdegames-2.1.1-1mdk
> 32 duplicates in sane-backends-1.0.4-2mdk and sane-1.0.4-2mdk
>
> The sum of these files is about 4 MB for me that get installed from
> more than one RPM.
Hmmm, this is a job for Sup...ehm, rpmlint.
Bye.
Giuseppe.
