[packman] Packman: zypper wants to obsolete a package during dup

[Manfred Hollstein]

Hi,

On Tue, 13 Oct 2026, 16:24:37 +0200, balkan unix wrote:
> Greetings team,
> 
> It would appear that I'm back a lot sooner than expected, but this time
> around *not* for the regular "nothing provides (package)" issues during dup
> operations (also, the recent problems seem to have been fixed in the
> meantime). Or at least that's what I would think.
> 
> For the first time, I'm seeing zypper trying to *obsolete* a package during
> dup. The package in question seems to be
> "pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.6.9-2.1.x86_64".
> 
> I've not dealt with this type of error until now. Is this also a kind of
> error that eventually goes away after things get back in sync, or does it
> actually require user input? I noticed the only given options are either
> performing a vendor switch, or keeping the obsolete package. Here's the
> full output:
> 
> "sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper dup
> 
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Main Update Repository.
>   gpgkey=
> http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Main Update Repository' metadata
> ..................................[done]
> Building repository 'Main Update Repository' cache
> .......................................[done]
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Fonts (openSUSE_Tumbleweed).
>   gpgkey=
> https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/M17N:/fonts/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Fonts (openSUSE_Tumbleweed)' metadata
> .............................[done]
> Building repository 'Fonts (openSUSE_Tumbleweed)' cache
> ..................................[done]
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Main Repository (NON-OSS).
>   gpgkey=
> http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' metadata
> ...............................[done]
> Building repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' cache
> ....................................[done]
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Main Repository (OSS).
>   gpgkey=
> http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' metadata
> ...................................[done]
> Building repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' cache
> ........................................[done]
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Packman.
>   gpgkey=
> https://ftp.fau.de/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Packman' metadata
> .................................................[done]
> Building repository 'Packman' cache
> ......................................................[done]
> Looking for gpg keys in repository Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed).
>   gpgkey=
> http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> Retrieving repository 'Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed)' metadata
> ..................[done]
> Building repository 'Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed)' cache
> .......................[done]
> All repositories have been refreshed.
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled
> repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you
> continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
> Computing distribution upgrade...
> 
> Problem: 1: the to be installed pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.6.9-2.1.x86_64
> obsoletes 'pipewire-aptx <= 1.6.9' provided by the installed
> pipewire-aptx-1.6.9-1699.1.pm.2.x86_64
>  Solution 1: install pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.6.9-2.1.x86_64 from vendor
> openSUSE
>   replacing pipewire-aptx-1.6.9-1699.1.pm.2.x86_64 from vendor
> http://packman.links2linux.de
>  Solution 2: keep obsolete pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-1.6.9-1.2.x86_64
> 
> Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c/d/?] (c): c"

you can safely accept solution 1; the recent update for
pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2 on Tumbleweed provides pipewire-aptx by itself
and does not need the separate package anymore!

HTH, cheers.

l8er
manfred
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