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rigon

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Registered: 2016-03-13

Posts: 3

Package with confliting files

I'm creating a PKGBUILD file for a plugin that I developed for an existing application.
But, to make it work, it requires to patch a library of the application.
I've created the patch, built the library again and package everything (my plugin and the patched library).
But, when I try to install the package, it complains because the patched library exists in the file-system:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)

...and the installation stops:

Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

How to override this conflict? Or am I doing the things wrong?

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Package with confliting files

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PK … _relations

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rigon

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Registered: 2016-03-13

Posts: 3

Re: Package with confliting files

I'm still unable to solve the problem... My best bet was use the backup option, but I got the same error.

What I'm doing is a plugin for QMMP player and I need to patch the HTTP plugin, which its location is

/usr/lib/qmmp/Transports/libhttp.so

Any suggestion?

Ziusudra

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Registered: 2014-04-19

Posts: 120

Re: Package with confliting files

You need to get the patch accepted upstream and/or create an alternate package that provides/conflicts the entire package that provides that library.

rigon

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Registered: 2016-03-13

Posts: 3

Re: Package with confliting files

Oh, I see... What I was trying to do is against the policy.
But now I have a clear idea about what to do.

Thanks a lot!