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Bug 1258464
Summary: | Improve error message about missing frontend for merge | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | markusN <neteler> |
Component: | rpmconf | Assignee: | Miroslav Suchý <msuchy> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | unspecified | ||
Version: | 22 | CC: | meta, msuchy, xjakub |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Reopened |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | rpmconf-1.0.14 rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2015-12-07 20:28:37 UTC | Type: | Bug |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
markusN
2015-08-31 12:58:06 UTC
Also, the error and the manual page should suggest frontends that actually exist in the repositories. man rpmconf: -ftype, --frontend=type Define which frontend should be used for merging. Valid options are: vimdiff, gvimdiff, diffuse, kdiff3, meld. # rpmconf -a --frontend=vimdiff Error: vimdiff is not installed # yum search vimdiff Warning: No matches found for: vimdiff No matches found Since rpmconf-1.0.9 those dependencies are listed as soft deps: # rpm -q --suggests rpmconf diffuse kdiff3 meld vim-X11 vim-enhanced Dnf search does not work unless that word is listed in summary or description, you have to use full path: # dnf whatprovides /usr/bin/vimdiff Last metadata expiration check performed 0:35:43 ago on Fri Sep 25 15:40:53 2015. vim-enhanced-2:7.4.827-1.fc22.x86_64 : A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements Repo : @System vim-enhanced-2:7.4.640-4.fc22.x86_64 : A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements Repo : fedora vim-enhanced-2:7.4.827-1.fc22.x86_64 : A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements Repo : updates Fixed in commit * 22c598b (HEAD -> master) 1258464 - improve error message rpmconf-1.0.15-1.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd rpmconf-1.0.15-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpmconf' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpmconf' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-8588d401cd rpmconf-1.0.16-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |