Issue

Description of problem: If netcat and nmap-ncat are installed at the same time, the nc alias points to netcat in rhel9.3 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhel9.3 distro: RHEL-9.3.0-20230517.0 rhel9.2 distro: RHEL-9.2.0-20230517.49 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure epel repo cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo [epel] name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch It is much more secure to use the metalink, but if you wish to use a local mirror place its address here. #baseurl=https://download.example/pub/epel/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/ metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-$releasever&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 countme=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-$releasever 2. install nc yum install nc Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register. Last metadata expiration check: 1:46:50 ago on Fri 19 May 2023 03:43:20 AM EDT. Package netcat-1.219-2.el9.x86_64 is already installed. Package nmap-ncat-3:7.92-1.el9.x86_64 is already installed. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! 3. check the alias name Actual results: rhel9.2 alternatives --list libnssckbi.so.x86_64 auto /usr/lib64/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so soelim auto /usr/bin/soelim.groff iptables auto /usr/sbin/iptables-nft ebtables auto /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft arptables auto /usr/sbin/arptables-nft cifs-idmap-plugin auto /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so man auto /usr/bin/man.man-db ld auto /usr/bin/ld.bfd nc auto /usr/bin/ncat cdrecord auto /usr/bin/xorrecord mkisofs auto /usr/bin/xorrisofs file /usr/bin/nc /usr/bin/nc: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/nc file /etc/alternatives/nc /etc/alternatives/nc: symbolic link to /usr/bin/ncat rhel9.3 alternatives --list libnssckbi.so.x86_64 auto /usr/lib64/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so soelim auto /usr/bin/soelim.groff iptables auto /usr/sbin/iptables-nft ebtables auto /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft arptables auto /usr/sbin/arptables-nft cifs-idmap-plugin auto /usr/lib64/cifs-utils/cifs_idmap_sss.so man auto /usr/bin/man.man-db ld auto /usr/bin/ld.bfd nc auto /usr/bin/netcat cdrecord auto /usr/bin/xorrecord mkisofs auto /usr/bin/xorrisofs qtchooser-5 auto /etc/xdg/qtchooser/5-64.conf qtchooser-default auto /etc/xdg/qtchooser/5.conf file /usr/bin/nc /usr/bin/nc: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/nc file /etc/alternatives/nc /etc/alternatives/nc: symbolic link to /usr/bin/netcat Expected results: nc should point to ncat Additional info:

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