From: malcolmlewis@linuxmail.org.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:04:10 +0100   
   R Daneel Olivaw  wrote:   
      
   > I've been using   
   >     zypper patch --with-update   
   > to maintain my system for a couple of years now.  Starting a few   
   > weeks ago I occasionally get error messages such as:   
   >   
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   >   
   > Checking for file conflicts:   
   > ......................................................................[error]   
   > Detected 1 file conflict:   
   >   
   > File /sbin/init   
   >    from install of   
   >       systemd-254.27-150600.4.46.2.x86_64 (update-sle (15.6))   
   >    conflicts with file   
   >       /usr/sbin/init   
   >    from install of   
   >       systemd-254.27-150600.4.46.2.x86_64 (update-sle (15.6))   
   >   
   > File conflicts happen when two packages attempt to install files with   
   > the same name but different contents. If you continue, conflicting   
   > files will be replaced losing the previous content.   
   > Continue? [yes/no] (no):   
   >   
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   >   
   > There are obviously two other ways I can go forward from this,   
   > - Yast2 Online Update (I can't remember if I've tried that, but I   
   > think I have)   
   > - the standard kde tool for applying updates, the one normally set up   
   > to run every 24 hours.  That works without complaint.   
   >   
   > Any suggestions as to why this is happening?   
   > It happens on two systems, one of them is the one I updated to 16.0   
   > before "updating" back to 15.6.  The other one has been on 15.6 since   
   > I updated from 15.5 some time ago.   
   >   
   > I've tried "zypper patch", no change.   
   > I've tried "zypper update", no change.   
   > Obviously I'm running zypper as root, either via sudo (one system) or   
   > via ssh root@ (second system).   
   > I do not have any machine currently running 15.6 which does not have   
   > this problem.   
      
   AFAIK it appears to be a update bug...   
      
      
    or check   
   in case a bug is already reported.   
      
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