[Linux RPM][26.814.41407] Fedora-only mesa-vulkan-drivers dependency blocks update on openSUSE Tumbleweed

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Aug 18, 2026 by sbarkar

Codex/ChatGPT app version

  • Installed: chatgpt-26.810.52044-1.x86_64
  • Offered update: chatgpt-26.814.41407-1.x86_64

Platform

  • openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshot 20260812
  • x86_64
  • zypper/libzypp package manager

Problem

The RPM for version 26.814.41407 has a hard dependency on
mesa-vulkan-drivers. That package name is used by Fedora/RHEL, but no
package provides it on openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Consequently, zypper cannot update the ChatGPT package:

Problem: nothing provides 'mesa-vulkan-drivers' needed by the to be
installed chatgpt-26.814.41407-1.x86_64

Solution 1: deinstallation of chatgpt-26.810.52044-1.x86_64
Solution 2: keep obsolete chatgpt-26.810.52044-1.x86_64
Solution 3: break chatgpt-26.814.41407-1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its
dependencies

The currently installed chatgpt-26.810.52044-1.x86_64 does not require
mesa-vulkan-drivers.

Tumbleweed splits Mesa Vulkan support into packages such as
libvulkan_radeon, libvulkan_lvp, and Mesa-vulkan-device-select; none
provides the exact mesa-vulkan-drivers capability.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install the official ChatGPT RPM repository on openSUSE Tumbleweed.
  2. Install ChatGPT version 26.810.52044.
  3. Refresh repository metadata after version 26.814.41407 becomes available.
  4. Run:

``bash
sudo zypper dup --dry-run
``

  1. Observe the unresolved mesa-vulkan-drivers dependency.

Expected behavior

The RPM should use distribution-neutral library/capability dependencies,
rich dependency alternatives that include openSUSE package names, or
distribution-specific RPM metadata.

The update should resolve normally on supported RPM-based distributions
without ignoring dependencies or removing the installed application.

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