Unsatisfiable dependency on RedHat 9 package.

[seriv]

Describe the Bug

Puppet-agent package can't be installed on fully upgraded RedHat 9.3
It has requirement '/bin/mkdir', and nothing provides '/bin/mkdir' on RedHat 9.3.
Everything is moved to /usr/bin, and there is a symlink:

[root@localhost ~]# ls -altr /bin
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Aug  9  2021 /bin -> usr/bin

Steps to Reproduce

[root@localhost ~]# dnf install puppet-agent
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                             142 kB/s | 4.5 kB     00:00    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                                136 kB/s | 4.1 kB     00:00    
Error: 
 Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
  - nothing provides /bin/mkdir needed by puppet-agent-7.30.0-1.el8.x86_64 from puppet7
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
[root@localhost ~]#

Environment

• puppet-agent 7.30.0
• Platform RedHat 9.3

Additional Context

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.3 (Plow)
[root@localhost ~]# dnf upgrade
warning: Signature not supported. Hash algorithm SHA1 not available.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                              92 kB/s | 4.5 kB     00:00    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                                 92 kB/s | 4.1 kB     00:00    
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# dnf info puppet-agent
warning: Signature not supported. Hash algorithm SHA1 not available.
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Choria Orchestrator Releases                                                                                                                                                                                         1.1 kB/s | 858  B     00:00    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                              89 kB/s | 4.5 kB     00:00    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                                135 kB/s | 4.1 kB     00:00    
Available Packages
Name         : puppet-agent
Version      : 7.30.0
Release      : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 22 M
Source       : puppet-agent-7.30.0-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository   : puppet7
Summary      : The Puppet Agent package contains all of the elements needed to run puppet, including ruby, facter, and hiera.
URL          : https://www.puppetlabs.com
License      : See components
Description  : The Puppet Agent package contains all of the elements needed to run puppet, including ruby, facter, and hiera.
             : 
             : Contains the following components:
             : cleanup
             : facter 4.7.0
             : hiera 3.12.0
             : module-puppetlabs-augeas_core v1.5.0
             : module-puppetlabs-cron_core v1.3.0
             : module-puppetlabs-host_core v1.3.0
             : module-puppetlabs-mount_core v1.3.0
             : module-puppetlabs-scheduled_task v3.2.0
             : module-puppetlabs-selinux_core v1.4.0
             : module-puppetlabs-sshkeys_core v2.5.0
             : module-puppetlabs-yumrepo_core v1.2.0
             : module-puppetlabs-zfs_core v1.5.0
             : module-puppetlabs-zone_core v1.2.0
             : puppet 7.30.0
             : puppet-resource_api 1.9.0
             : puppet-runtime 202404030
             : pxp-agent 202404041
             : shellpath 2023-02-15
             : wrapper-script

[root@localhost ~]# dnf provides /bin/mkdir
warning: Signature not supported. Hash algorithm SHA1 not available.
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coreutils-8.32-31.el9.x86_64 : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-8.32-32.el9.x86_64 : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-8.32-34.el9.x86_64 : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Repo        : @System
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-8.32-34.el9.x86_64 : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-single-8.32-31.el9.x86_64 : coreutils multicall binary
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-single-8.32-32.el9.x86_64 : coreutils multicall binary
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

coreutils-single-8.32-34.el9.x86_64 : coreutils multicall binary
Repo        : rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/mkdir

[root@localhost ~]#

[joshcooper]

dnf is resolving the wrong rpm package:

Release      : 1.el8
...
Source       : puppet-agent-7.30.0-1.el8.src.rpm

Our el9 package looks correct to me:

#  curl -LO https://yum.puppet.com/puppet7/el/9/x86_64/puppet-agent-7.30.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 20.7M  100 20.7M    0     0  35.4M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 35.3M
# rpm -qp puppet-agent-7.30.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm --requires
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/usr/bin/mkdir
/usr/bin/mkdir
/usr/bin/touch
/usr/bin/touch
findutils
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadIsZstd) <= 5.4.18-1
systemd
systemd
systemd
tar

For context, support for EL9 was added in puppetlabs/vanagon@e25aef3 to take into account /bin/mkdir vs /usr/bin/mkdir

[seriv]

Sorry, my fault. Closing the issue.