Provides/Conflicts needs more logic (?)

mdk · 2005-04-04 13:25:14

I'm doing a package for gamin - a fam replacement for GNOME users, which uses inotify kernel backend (less memory usage, faster, etc.). Gamin replaces fam providing same functionality. So:

...
conflicts=fam
provides=fam
...

Installing my gamin package gives:

[root@HAL:gamin]# pacman -A gamin-0.0.26-1.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data... done.
:: gamin conflicts with fam. Remove fam? [Y/n] y
error: this will break the following dependencies:
  fam: is required by gnome-vfs

install aborted.

...so the only option is to actually go

pacman -Rd fam
pacman -A gamin-0.0.26-1.pkg.tar.gz

So - I think that if package A provides B, than B should be skipped from dependency-break checking.

phrakture · 2005-04-04 15:04:03

just remove the "conflicts" and leave a "provides=(fam)" ... that should handle it all nicely... unless gamin provides the same binarys as fam.... *shrug*

mdk · 2005-04-04 15:48:38

It provides the same binaries... (libfam) that's why I put fam in conflicts in the first place. You can't have two of them installed.

phrakture · 2005-04-04 15:54:02

hmmm, the only thing I can say is this: conflicts like that should be handled in a complicated manner... it makes sense to me considering things that depend on fam are built for fam....not some fam replacement....

I dunno if it works, but can you do "-Ad" or "-Sd" and remove fam.... I dunno

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#1 2005-04-04 13:25:14

Provides/Conflicts needs more logic (?)

#2 2005-04-04 15:04:03

Re: Provides/Conflicts needs more logic (?)

#3 2005-04-04 15:48:38

Re: Provides/Conflicts needs more logic (?)

#4 2005-04-04 15:54:02

Re: Provides/Conflicts needs more logic (?)

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