Updates fail due to conflicts with i686 packages

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This is on my secondary desktop PC which I rarely use. As preparation to the f37 → f39 upgrade I got the following errors from DNF.

I can probably resolve them on my own by uninstalling those i686 packages but wonder if this should be fixed for less experienced users…

Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/share/man/man5/cert9.db.5.gz from install of nss-3.94.0-2.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.93.0-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/man/man5/key4.db.5.gz from install of nss-3.94.0-2.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.93.0-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/man/man5/pkcs11.txt.5.gz from install of nss-3.94.0-2.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package nss-3.93.0-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/wine-core/ANNOUNCE from install of wine-core-8.18-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package wine-core-8.14-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/wine-core/AUTHORS from install of wine-core-8.18-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package wine-core-8.14-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/wine-core/VERSION from install of wine-core-8.18-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package wine-core-8.14-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/openldap/CHANGES from install of openldap-2.6.6-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package openldap-2.6.4-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz from install of openldap-2.6.6-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package openldap-2.6.4-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz from install of openldap-2.6.6-1.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package openldap-2.6.4-1.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/libwebp/NEWS from install of libwebp-1.3.2-2.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package libwebp-1.3.1-3.fc37.x86_64
  file /usr/share/doc/libwebp/README.md from install of libwebp-1.3.2-2.fc37.i686 conflicts with file from package libwebp-1.3.1-3.fc37.x86_64
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Okay this was probably due to a previously aborted transaction (X/Gnome crashed and stopped the DNF process). A sudo dnf rollback <last successful transaction id> brought the system back to a consistent package configuration, the subsequent upgrade seems to work fine.

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