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Bug: RPM package conflict with other electron apps
Steps To Reproduce
First, install insomnia-2022.5.1-1.x86_64 as this is a known conflict. Note this bug is related to Electron and is not specific to Insomnia. It's just an example app that I have confirmed causes the conflict.
- https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases/download/core%402022.5.1/Insomnia.Core-2022.5.1.rpm
- https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/download/desktop-v2022.9.0/Bitwarden-2022.9.0-x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./Insomnia.Core-2022.5.1.rpm
sudo dnf install ./Bitwarden-2022.9.0-x86_64.rpm
Expected Result
Bitwarden should install/upgrade without an issue.
Actual Result
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Upgrading:
bitwarden x86_64 2022.9.0-1 @commandline 62 M
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 1 Package
Total size: 62 M
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Error: Transaction test error:
file /usr/lib/.build-id/a2/562c52725bb7caa27cd0de814ec368b8c45e7f from install of bitwarden-2022.9.0-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package insomnia-2022.5.1-1.x86_64
Screenshots or Videos
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Additional Context
This is the same issue as https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app/issues/416. The issue author @UriMtzF did a wonderful job on research:
To prevent this from conflicting with other Electron based apps, it's necessary to omit all the symlinks, to achieve this, Electron-builder uses fpm to have an easier way to build linux apps.
The solution is to tell Electron-builder to have some flags on fpm while building the rpm to prevent creating those symlinks.
According to Electron-builder documentation and fpm documentation this option is --rpm-rpmbuild-define "_build_id_links none", this should be changed on the electron-builder.yml file at the root of the project
Please refer to the following links to find the proper way to do this:
- Documentation of electron build and the "fpm" option
- The fpm usage
- The macros on rpm, specifically those flags used on fpm
- A stackoverflow question on avoiding the creation of symlink
Some sources:
- https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr/issues/1321
- https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/5227
- https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1503
- A thread from RHEL talking about conflicting files on rpm's
Operating System
Linux
Operating System Version
Fedora 36 (this bug probably affects any rpm-based Linux distribution)
Installation method
Direct Download (from bitwarden.com)
Build Version
I'm on 2022.8.1 but the bug is when installing Bitwarden-2022.9.0-x86_64.rpm
@curtisbelt, thanks for reporting this! I have reproduced this on my end, and will update the status of this in our internal tracking system.
Looks like Slack is a conflict now as well.
Tried installing the latest bitwarden-2023.1.1-1.x86_64.
Error: Transaction test error:
file /usr/lib/.build-id/0d/9fad3f21b1e381cc66b5efcae8f3910ae0edc1 from install of bitwarden-2023.1.1-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64
file /usr/lib/.build-id/76/9d0269491ca2313fcd15d63059bac67bd8b1b3 from install of bitwarden-2023.1.1-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64
file /usr/lib/.build-id/c2/dcac7cb6a727685d10d4161a0d14988f12a0fa from install of bitwarden-2023.1.1-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64
file /usr/lib/.build-id/cb/dc9db5fec0e6129bddcb0c282be98be4c6966e from install of bitwarden-2023.1.1-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64
In the meantime, I work around this by manually downloading the rpm file and install via rpm directly, with --force flag:
sudo rpm -iU --force ./Bitwarden-2023.1.1-x86_64.rpm
Same issue with: Bitwarden-2023.2.0-x86_64.rpm
Error: Transaction test error: file /usr/lib/.build-id/0d/9fad3f21b1e381cc66b5efcae8f3910ae0edc1 from install of bitwarden-2023.2.0-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64 file /usr/lib/.build-id/76/9d0269491ca2313fcd15d63059bac67bd8b1b3 from install of bitwarden-2023.2.0-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64 file /usr/lib/.build-id/c2/dcac7cb6a727685d10d4161a0d14988f12a0fa from install of bitwarden-2023.2.0-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_64 file /usr/lib/.build-id/cb/dc9db5fec0e6129bddcb0c282be98be4c6966e from install of bitwarden-2023.2.0-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package slack-4.29.149-0.1.el8.x86_6
