Bug 27930

Summary:	Make nmapsi4 a replacement for nmap-frontend when upgrading Mageia 7 to Mageia 8.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	PC LX <mageia>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	David GEIGER <geiger.david68210>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	jani.valimaa, mageia
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	nmapsi4-0.5-0.alpha1.5.mga8.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description PC LX 2020-12-26 15:52:29 CET

Description of problem:

In Mageio 7, the available nmap GUI is nmap-frontend.
In Mageia 8, the available nmap GUI is nmapsi4.

Currently, when upgrading a Mageia 7 system with nmap-frontend installed to Mageia 8, the package nmap-frontend will be uninstalled since it is not present in Mageia 8 and some of its dependencies are not available.

If it is possible and easy, it would be a good idea (IMO) to have nmapsi4 installed as a replacement for nmap-frontend.

Note that the user can always install nmapsi4 manually but it would be less of a surprise if it was auto-installed and the user didn't have to try and find a replacement for nmap-frontend.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

nmapsi4-0.5-0.alpha1.5.mga8.src.rpm



How reproducible:

Always.

David Walser 2020-12-26 17:03:34 CET

CC: (none) => jani.valimaa
Assignee: bugsquad => geiger.david68210

Comment 1 David GEIGER 2021-01-25 07:49:01 CET

Normally it is fixed with nmapsi4-0.5-0.alpha2.2.mga8 which provide nmap-frontend:

$ urpmq --provides nmapsi4
application()
application(nmapsi4-admin.desktop)
application(nmapsi4.desktop)
nmap-frontend
nmapsi4[== 0.5-0.alpha2.2.mga8]
nmapsi4(x86-64)[== 0.5-0.alpha2.2.mga8]

Comment 2 PC LX 2021-01-29 12:05:30 CET

The nmapsi4 is still not auto selected/installed when upgrading.

$ urpmf --urpmi-root /var/lib/machines/marte_cauldron -f -m --name nmapsi4
Core Release:nmapsi4-0.5-0.alpha2.2.mga8.x86_64
Core 32bit Release:nmapsi4-0.5-0.alpha2.2.mga8.i586

Comment 3 Mark Dawson Butterworth 2021-08-05 12:54:52 CEST

This caught me out too - NMAP GUI gets lost on a 7->8 upgrade. I agree with PC_LX that it would be better if the nmapsi4 package were automatically selected if nmap-frontend was installed on 7, particularly as this change is not mentioned in the release notes.

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 4 David GEIGER 2023-06-21 06:56:01 CEST

Closing this bug as old!

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD