Comment # 9 on bug 925663 from Andreas Stieger

The proposed update for Virtualbox in openSUSE:Maintenance:3787 seems broken
due to file conflicts.

$ rpm -q --provides virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop
multiversion(kernel)
[..]

/etc/zypp/zypp.conf:
multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)
multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,oldest,running

$ rpm -q kernel-desktop
kernel-desktop-3.16.7-21.1.x86_64

$ uname -r
3.16.7-21-desktop

$ rpm -qa "virtualbox*"
virtualbox-4.3.20-13.1.x86_64
virtualbox-qt-4.3.20-13.1.x86_64
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64
virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64

$ zypper lp
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

Repository       | Name | Category    | Severity | Status | Summary             
-----------------+------+-------------+----------+--------+----------------------------------
repo-update-test | 3787 | recommended | moderate | needed | Recommended update
for VirtualBox

$ zypper list-updates
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Repository       | Name                         | Current Version        |
Available Version      | Arch  
--+------------------+------------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+-------
v | repo-update-test | virtualbox-qt                | 4.3.20-13.1            |
4.3.28-16.1            | x86_64
v | repo-update-test | virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop  | 4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1 |
4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update-test | virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop | 4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1 |
4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update-test | virtualbox                   | 4.3.20-13.1            |
4.3.28-16.1            | x86_64

$ zypper patch
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1 

The following NEW patch is going to be installed:
  3787 

The following 2 packages are going to be upgraded:
  virtualbox virtualbox-qt 

2 packages to upgrade, 2 new.
Overall download size: 0 B. Already cached: 16.8 MiB  After the operation,
additional 1.2 MiB will be used.

In cache virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64.rpm        
                                                                      (1/4),
278.3 KiB (492.9 KiB unpacked)
In cache virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64.rpm         
                                                                      (2/4),
311.0 KiB (632.5 KiB unpacked)
In cache virtualbox-4.3.28-16.1.x86_64.rpm                                     
                                                                      (3/4), 
12.3 MiB ( 28.5 MiB unpacked)
In cache virtualbox-qt-4.3.28-16.1.x86_64.rpm                                  
                                                                      (4/4),  
3.9 MiB ( 19.7 MiB unpacked)
Checking for file conflicts:
.......................................................................................................................................................[error]
Detected 7 file conflicts:

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxdrv.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxguest.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxnetadp.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxnetflt.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxpci.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxsf.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

File /lib/modules/3.16.7-21-desktop/updates/vboxvideo.ko
  from install of
    
virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.28_k3.16.7_21-16.1.x86_64(repo-update-test)
  conflicts with file from package
     virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.20_k3.16.7_21-13.1.x86_64(@System)

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.