Simple suggestion to fix the IO conflict

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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Jules,

Here is a silly idea to prevent one to use the aweful --force option to
bypass:

Transaction Check Error:
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Dir.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::File.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Handle.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Pipe.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Poll.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Seekable.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Select.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::INET.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf
~ file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::UNIX.3pm.gz from install of
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package
perl-IO-1.2301-1.el5.rf

Why not exclude these manual pages from the package or install them in a
subpackage instead? That would take care of the conflict and not --force
every yum user to do the wrong thing over and over again.

Hugo.

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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