Cannot update podman

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When I run sudo dnf update, it seems that podman cannot be updated. I got this error message:

Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/share/man/man5/containers-mounts.conf.5.gz from install of podman-2:2.1.1-12.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with file from package containers-common-1:1.2.0-8.fc33.x86_64

I removed podman to allow other packages to be updated. When I tried to reinstall podman, I got the same error message again. Is this a bug?

I am not sure what podman is used for. Will it be OK if my F33 does not have podman? Does that affect other packages?

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Podman is a tool to run containers, like Docker if you are familiar with it.

Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/share/man/man5/containers-mounts.conf.5.gz from install of podman-2:2.1.1-12.fc33.x86_64 conflicts with file from package containers-common-1:1.2.0-8.fc33.x86_64

This is because there is an update for containers-common package, but it conflicts with the podman package installed on the system. Upcoming podman update will probably solve the issue. Other people have experiencing the same issue:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e87b758d7e

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So podman does not affect my daily usage if I do not use containers?

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It doesn’t as far as I know.

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Out of curiosity, do you have the update-testing repository enabled?

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I believe so…

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Discover it:
sudo dnf repolist

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I got the same error, but for containers-common. It looks like that update is mainly for updating the names of man pages! And, that’s what the error is for. I tried renaming the offending man page in containers-common, but I still get the error.

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To get rid of the problem, disable

updates-testing

repo!

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My repositories include these:

repo id                         repo name
fedora                          Fedora 33 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264           Fedora 33 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular                  Fedora Modular 33 - x86_64
google-chrome                   google-chrome
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver RPM Fusion for Fedora 33 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver
updates                         Fedora 33 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular                 Fedora Modular 33 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-testing                 Fedora 33 - x86_64 - Test Updates
updates-testing-modular         Fedora Modular 33 - x86_64 - Test Updates

I think I will disable both updates-testing and updates-testing-modular. By the way, what is the difference between updates and updates-modular?

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You can find some info about modularity here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/modularity/

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Re your repo list – offtopic –

rpmfusion repos (free and non-free) provide a lot of cool stuff that is not included in Fedora (vlc, ffmpeg, audio and video codes, binary wifi drivers, …)

and, btw, chromium is in Fedora’s official repo. Installing Chromium or Google Chrome browsers :: Fedora Docs

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