Why do the software updater and yum programs fail saying conflicts between attempted installs of sysreport and sos when I try to update?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 onwards, sysreport is included as part of the sos package. Since the previous versions had both these packages installed, yum, pup or Software Updater shows conflict and fails to update the system.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1

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