Newton -> Queens FFU upgrade: upgrade_steps_playbook.yaml playbook fails because of openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch package conflict

[Marius Cornea]

Ocata -> Queens FFU upgrade: upgrade_steps_playbook.yaml playbook fails because of openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch package conflict:

Running yum update -y on one of the overcloud nodes results in:

---> Package openstack-heat-common.noarch 1:7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: openstack-heat-common = 1:7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos for package: 1:openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch-7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos.noarch
---> Package python2-olefile.noarch 0:0.44-1.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: 1:openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch-7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos.noarch (@delorean)
           Requires: openstack-heat-common = 1:7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos
           Removing: 1:openstack-heat-common-7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos.noarch (@delorean)
               openstack-heat-common = 1:7.0.7-0.20170921153437.3b32b44.el7.centos
           Updated By: 1:openstack-heat-common-10.0.0-0.20180209073832.dd9c38d.el7.centos.noarch (delorean)
               openstack-heat-common = 1:10.0.0-0.20180209073832.dd9c38d.el7.centos
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

[Alan Pevec (apevec)]

RDO heat-distgit patch series around dropping cloudwatch is
https://review.rdoproject.org/r/#/q/topic:drop-cloudwatch

@Rabi we'll need Obsoletes for the upgrade path to work

[Rabi Mishra (rabi)]

@Alan,

Sure, Will push a patch soon.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/547027

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Change abandoned by Rabi Mishra (<email address hidden>) on branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/547027
Reason: Fixed in https://review.openstack.org/#/c/530956/