Mesa driver related packages conflict when upgrading

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OS: Fedora Linux 40 (Cinnamon) x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.10.4-200.fc40.x86_64

$ sudo dnf upgrade --refresh --best
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Error: 
 Problem 1: package mesa-va-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both mesa-filesystem-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-filesystem-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-va-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-filesystem-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64
 Problem 2: cannot install both mesa-filesystem-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-filesystem-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - package mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.6-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64
 Problem 3: problem with installed package mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64
  - package mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both mesa-filesystem-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-filesystem-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.6-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - problem with installed package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-libglapi(x86-64) = 24.1.5-2.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both mesa-libglapi-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-libglapi-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-libglapi-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64
 Problem 4: mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.6-1.fc40.i686 from updates  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - package tigervnc-server-minimal-1.14.0-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-dri-drivers, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.6-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both mesa-filesystem-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-filesystem-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - problem with installed package mesa-va-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64
  - package mesa-va-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package mesa-va-drivers-freeworld-24.1.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires mesa-filesystem(x86-64) = 24.1.5, but none of the providers can be installed
  - mesa-dri-drivers-24.0.5-1.fc40.i686 from fedora  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System requires mesa-libglapi(x86-64) = 24.1.5-2.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package mesa-dri-drivers-24.0.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from fedora requires mesa-libglapi(x86-64) = 24.0.5-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both mesa-libglapi-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-libglapi-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both mesa-libglapi-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and mesa-libglapi-24.0.5-1.fc40.x86_64 from fedora
  - package mesa-libEGL-24.1.6-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates requires mesa-libglapi(x86-64) = 24.1.6-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package tigervnc-server-minimal-1.14.0-2.fc40.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package mesa-libEGL-24.1.5-2.fc40.x86_64
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

How should I safely resolve these errors and conflicts without borking my system.

EDIT:

When I go for $ sudo dnf upgrade --refresh --best --allowerasing, I get the following result:

====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                      Architecture                           Version                                          Repository                                               Size
====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Upgrading:
 mesa-dri-drivers                                             x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                  26 M
 mesa-filesystem                                              x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                  21 k
 mesa-libEGL                                                  x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                 140 k
 mesa-libGL                                                   x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                 176 k
 mesa-libgbm                                                  x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                  48 k
 mesa-libglapi                                                x86_64                                 24.1.6-1.fc40                                    updates                                                  51 k
Removing dependent packages:
 mesa-va-drivers-freeworld                                    x86_64                                 24.1.5-1.fc40                                    @rpmfusion-free-updates                                  15 M
 mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld                                 x86_64                                 24.1.5-1.fc40                                    @rpmfusion-free-updates                                  15 M

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Upgrade  6 Packages
Remove   2 Packages

Should I wait for the RPM Fusion vaapi and vdpau drivers to be updated to 24.1.6-1? I installed the vaapi and vdpau drivers from RPM Fusion based on some discussion to get hardware accelerated video decoding to work everywhere.

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That is what I would usually do.

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I found the solution to this. There are 4 paths one can take.

  1. Wait till RPM Fusion updates the packages which are causing conflicts.
  2. Install the conflicting packages from the testing branch of RPM Fusion (might cause problems):
    sudo dnf upgrade --refresh --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
  3. Remove the conflicting packages:
    sudo dnf remove mesa-va-drivers-freeworld mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
  4. Synchronize installed packages by downgrading the conflicts:
    sudo dnf distro-sync

I chose option 2 and crossed my fingers, but I think that strategy 1 or 4 is the best way to go.

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The real issue here is fedora pushing mesa update to stable within 24 hours with no time in testing.
I might push the rpmfusion package to stable on Friday or Saturday.

https://mirror.netsite.dk/rpmfusion/free/fedora/updates/testing/40/x86_64/repoview/mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.html

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If you do you may be ahead of the fedora version

mesa-libxatracker-devel.x86_64                       24.0.5-1.fc40                                          fedora                
mesa-libxatracker-devel.x86_64                       24.0.5-1.fc40                                          updates-testing       
mesa-libxatracker-devel.x86_64                       24.1.5-2.fc40                                          updates
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See FEDORA-2024-cc7c8c8818 — unspecified update for mesa — Fedora Updates System

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Then it is strange to find version 24.0.5-1.fc40 in updates-testing.

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You are probably using a dead mirror.

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https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/updates/testing/40/Everything/x86_64/Packages/m/

http://mirror.i3d.net/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/40/Everything/x86_64/Packages/m/

Both have the old version as if 11:30 CEST

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It looks like the main fedora url also has stale packages

https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/testing/40/Everything/x86_64/Packages/m/

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The new version has meanwhile shown up in “updates” so that should be compatible with the rpmfusion version pending in testing.