s3cmd uses python3-magic which conflicts with python3-file-magic

[frankcrawford]

s3cmd requires python3-magic but there is also a similar package python3-file-magic which conflicts with it, and in Fedora 42 you cannot install both packages at the same time.

To make matters worse some essential Fedora packages use python3-file-magic so it is most often already installed and so you cannot install sc3md.

More details can be found in this discussion https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-unravel-the-python-magic-packaging-clusterfsck/136792/4

As the packager in Fedora for s3cmd it is an issue I need to find a resolution for.

Currently, this is just raising the issue for discussion, but eventually some resolution needs to be found.

[frankcrawford]

Actually, looking at this further, it seems to be that the issue is already handled in the code, but isn't documented anywhere.

Am I correct that it handles both python3-magic and python3-file-magic depending on what it actually finds?

[fviard]

Indeed, to deal with the clusterfuck of all the possible "magic", normally the code is resilient to be able to work with all of them.

It is probably the dependency list that is not up to date.

Btw, don't hesitate to send a PR to update the spec file, or if adding a file or else might make your life easier for packaging. The spec.in and everything related to fedora like distributions are quite old and untouched for a decade, so it would probably deserve a refresh !