Why does yum update fail to update linux-firmware with transaction error?
Issue
- Why does
yumfail to updatelinux-firmwarewith the transaction error as follows?
Transaction check error:
file /usr/lib/firmware from install of linux-firmware-20160830-51.git7534e19.el7_3.noarch conflicts with file from package siphony_kernel-10.1.42-2.x86_64
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
yum
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