[HADOOP-9777] RPM should not claim ownership of paths owned by the platform

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.2
• Component/s: build

Environment

Fedora 19 x64

• Tags: rpm
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Stevo Slavić
• Created: 26/Jul/13 10:08
• Updated: 31/Jul/14 22:02
• Resolved: 31/Jul/14 22:02

Description

Installing Apache Hadoop rpm ( hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm ) on Fedora 19 x64 fails with:

[root@laptop hadoop]# rpm -i /home/sslavic/Downloads/hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm
file /usr/bin from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/lib from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/lib64 from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/sbin from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64

Same issue occurs if one tries to install as non-root user:

[sslavic@laptop ~]$ sudo rpm -i Downloads/hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm
file /usr/bin from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/lib from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/lib64 from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64
file /usr/sbin from install of hadoop-1.1.2-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-12.fc19.x86_64

It seems these 4 directories in Hadoop rpm have wrong permissions (+w for owner).
This is violation of packaging rules. Hadoop rpm spec and/or build scripts need to be fixed, so that rpm on installation doesn't try to claim ownership of paths owned by the platform, in this case, filesystem.