The dnf update failed with an error related to virt-p2v-maker in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Issue

  • The dnf update failed with the following error.
 Problem 1: package virt-p2v-maker-1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64 requires libguestfs-tools-c = 1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both libguestfs-tools-c-1:1.40.2-28.module+el8.5.0+10717+67be7ac4.x86_64 and libguestfs-tools-c-1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package virt-p2v-maker-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libguestfs-tools-c-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64
 Problem 2: problem with installed package virt-p2v-maker-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64
  - package virt-p2v-maker-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64 requires libguestfs-tools-c = 1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package virt-p2v-maker-1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64 requires libguestfs-tools-c = 1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libguestfs-tools-c-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64 requires libguestfs(x86-64) = 1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libguestfs-tools-c-1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64 requires libguestfs(x86-64) = 1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both libguestfs-1:1.40.2-28.module+el8.5.0+10717+67be7ac4.x86_64 and libguestfs-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64
  - cannot install both libguestfs-1:1.40.2-28.module+el8.5.0+10717+67be7ac4.x86_64 and libguestfs-1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libguestfs-1:1.38.4-11.1.module+el8.0.0+4084+cceb9f44.x86_64
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Some older virt-p2v-maker package (like the included one in RHEL8.1) and the dependencies is installed.

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