[Satellite 5.5.0] Why does RHEL 5 based Satellite 5.4 -> 5.5 upgrade fail with conflict on slf4j package?
Issue
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Upgrading Satellite from 5.4 to 5.5 on RHEL 5 fails, with "./install.pl --upgrade" showing following error -
Could not install RHN packages. Most likely your system is not configured with the @Base package group. See the RHN Satellite Server Installation Guide for more information about Software Requirements. Exit value: 1. Please examine /var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log for more information.
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and /var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log has:
Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/java/slf4j/api.jar from install of slf4j-1.5.8-10_patch_01.2.ep5.el5.noarch conflicts with file from package spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-4.el5sat.noarch file /usr/share/java/slf4j/jcl.jar from install of slf4j-1.5.8-10_patch_01.2.ep5.el5.noarch conflicts with file from package spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-4.el5sat.noarch
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4.1 or earlier.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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