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Error: Transaction test error: file /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/db/ci_migrate from install of gitlab-ce-14.2.0-ce.0.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gitlab-ce-14.1.3-ce.0.el8.x86_64

Summary

CentOS 8, omnibus package, when updating (yum update) from 4.1.3 to 4.2.0 installation failer with error:

Error: Transaction test error: file /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/db/ci_migrate from install of gitlab-ce-14.2.0-ce.0.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gitlab-ce-14.1.3-ce.0.el8.x86_64

Steps to reproduce

  1. install CentOS 8
  2. install gitlab-ce 4.1.3
  3. run "yum update"
  4. see error message

What is the current bug behavior?

can't update gitlab from 4.1.3 to 4.2.0

What is the expected correct behavior?

correct update

Relevant logs

Relevant logs 

[root@gitlab ~]# yum clean all ; yum update
8 files removed
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                                     28 MB/s | 8.8 MB     00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                                        25 MB/s | 5.6 MB     00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                                       130 kB/s |  10 kB     00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64                        1.6 MB/s | 927 kB     00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                                 16 MB/s |  10 MB     00:00
gitlab_gitlab-ce                                                              212 kB/s | 846 kB     00:03
gitlab_gitlab-ce-source                                                        90  B/s | 296  B     00:03
Dependencies resolved.



Package                Architecture        Version                       Repository                     Size


Upgrading:
gitlab-ce              x86_64              14.2.0-ce.0.el8               gitlab_gitlab-ce              903 M



Transaction Summary


Upgrade  1 Package



Total download size: 903 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
gitlab-ce-14.2.0-ce.0.el8.x86_64.rpm                                           91 MB/s | 903 MB     00:09


Total                                                                          91 MB/s | 903 MB     00:09
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing 'yum clean packages'.
Error: Transaction test error:
file /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/db/ci_migrate from install of gitlab-ce-14.2.0-ce.0.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package gitlab-ce-14.1.3-ce.0.el8.x86_64


[root@gitlab ~]#

Details of package version

Provide the package version installation details 
[root@gitlab ~]# rpm -qa | grep 'gitlab'
gitlab-ce-14.1.3-ce.0.el8.x86_64

Environment details

  • Operating System: CentOS Linux release 8.4.2105
  • Installation Target, remove incorrect values:
    • VM: KVM
  • Installation Type, remove incorrect values:
    • Upgrade from version gitlab-ce-14.1.3-ce.0.el8.x86_64 to version gitlab-ce-14.2.0-ce.0.el8.x86_64
  • Is there any other software running on the machine: No
  • Is this a single or multiple node installation? Single Node
  • Resources
    • CPU: Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
    • Memory total: 32 GiB

Configuration details

Provide the relevant sections of `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` 
No relevant configuration sections found.