rpm installation leads to base package replacement

[fbruetting]

Host system details

● ostree://fedora-workstation:fedora/29/x86_64/silverblue
                   Version: 29.20190122.0 (2019-01-22T00:54:25Z)
                BaseCommit: cc179340ed53393683ead798a381717512f09aa6ad050f9d479ffdd8c0664dc3
              GPGSignature: Valid signature by 5A03B4DD8254ECA02FDA1637A20AA56B429476B4
       RemovedBasePackages: gnome-terminal-nautilus-3.30.2-1.fc29.x86_64
                            gnome-classic-session-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
                            gnome-shell-extension-places-menu-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
                            gnome-terminal-3.30.2-1.fc29.x86_64
                            gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
                            gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
                            gnome-shell-extension-window-list-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
                            gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab-3.30.1-1.fc29.noarch
           LayeredPackages: adapta-gtk-theme aeskulap android-tools baobab bat cheese
                            chromium dconf-editor dnf easytag exa fd-find fedora-toolbox
                            ffmpeg file-roller file-roller-nautilus fuse-exfat git
                            gnome-encfs-manager gnome-logs gnome-tweaks gnome-usage gpick
                            hack-fonts htop iftop julia linux-libertine-biolinum-fonts
                            linux-libertine-fonts mosh neovim powerline-go pv
                            python3-matplotlib ripgrep snapd task tilix tilix-nautilus tmux
                            tokei xenlism-wildfire xenlism-wildfire-midnight youtube-dl zsh
             LocalPackages: rpmfusion-nonfree-release-29-0.5.noarch
                            rpmfusion-free-release-29-0.5.noarch

Expected vs actual behavior

# sudo rpm-ostree install ~/Downloads/mailspring-1.5.5-0.1.x86_64.rpm 
[sudo] Passwort für frank: 
Checking out tree cc17934... done
Enabled rpm-md repositories: updates fedora rpmfusion-free-updates-testing rpmfusion-free rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing rpmfusion-nonfree iowait-hack-fonts nalimilan-julia home_moritzmolch_gencfsm sattellite-bat
rpm-md repo 'updates' (cached); generated: 2019-01-29T02:26:33Z
rpm-md repo 'fedora' (cached); generated: 2018-10-24T22:20:15Z
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates-testing' (cached); generated: 2019-01-24T22:06:00Z
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free' (cached); generated: 2018-10-23T11:05:19Z
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing' (cached); generated: 2019-01-24T22:22:40Z
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-nonfree' (cached); generated: 2018-10-23T11:34:17Z
rpm-md repo 'iowait-hack-fonts' (cached); generated: 2018-03-31T16:10:44Z
rpm-md repo 'nalimilan-julia' (cached); generated: 2019-01-25T14:49:52Z
rpm-md repo 'home_moritzmolch_gencfsm' (cached); generated: 2018-07-03T08:40:46Z
rpm-md repo 'sattellite-bat' (cached); generated: 2018-11-22T11:03:28Z
Importing rpm-md... done
⠁ Resolving dependencies... 
Forbidden base package replacements:
  python3 3.7.2-1.fc29 -> 3.7.2-4.fc29 (updates)
Resolving dependencies... done
error: Some base packages would be replaced

Expected:

I expected the package (shouldn’t introduce any dependencies) to just get installed. Instead, rpm-ostree somehow seems to want to replace some base package. Because of the /home/-/var/home/ issue I’m currently not able to upgrade (and thus undeployed that broken deployment), but that installation command not even lets me install some stuff without upgrading… 😩

[jlebon]

This is likely #415. Try:

$ rpm-ostree upgrade
$ rpm-ostree cleanup -m
$ rpm-ostree install ~/Downloads/mailspring-1.5.5-0.1.x86_64.rpm

[owtaylor]

Definitely #415 - "Checking out tree cc17934" - that tree was generated 2019-01-22, and python-3.7.2-4 was pushed to stable 2019-01-24.

To explain more, something wanted a subpackage of the python package, and what was available in f29-updates was python3-[xxx]-3.7.2-4.fc29, which required python3 = 3.7.2-4.fc29, but the base image had python3 3.7.2-1.fc29 - so upgrading would have required replacing that package in the base image.

Can you explain "Because of the /home/-/var/home/ issue I’m currently not able to upgrade" ? Is there a reference to that problem?

[jlebon]

Can you explain "Because of the /home/-/var/home/ issue I’m currently not able to upgrade" ? Is there a reference to that problem?

LIkely referring to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1669982 which should be fixed in the latest tree.

[fbruetting]

Okay, works in the meantime!