"Conflict with earlier configuration" message during sudo dnf up

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Hello,

Using Fedora 43.

For about a week now when I do:

sudo dnf up

I get:

Finished sysusers scriptlet: flatpak-0:1.16.3-1.fc43.x86_64
Scriptlet output:
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf:1: Conflict with earlier configuration for user ‘nm-openvpn’ in /usr/lib/sysusers.d/netwo

And:

Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258.3-2.fc43.x86_64
Scriptlet output:
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf:1: Conflict with earlier configuration for user ‘nm-openvpn’ in /usr/lib/sysusers.d/netwo

I am not able to copy the full message because it goes off-screen.

I am no IT person just a grateful user of Fedora.

My OpenVPN connections are working fine.

Is this message something I should be concerned about?

How would I resolve this?

Thanks for any help in advance.

2

What happens if you enter

sudo dnf update

or

sudo dnf upgrade

?

3

This post suggests a solution (deleting one of the files that creates the conflict):

5

Please, don’t recommend nuking system-managed configuration files like that.

From what I know, the message printed during updates points to a “real bug”, but a harmless one.

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@theprogram

sudo dnf update
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.

sudo dnf upgrade
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.

7

@pg-tips - Thanks for pointing out that link.

That page refers to:

Because:

It seems this is an active and current bug

I am not having any issues other than the warning message

@decathorpe recommends not deleting,

I think I wait until the bug is resolved as opposed to deleting anything.

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