KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

ivdok · 2023-10-22 07:24:35

I've already read previous threads, but they don't (fully) apply to my situation:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=289739
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=289694

I have packages that are:

Installed from AUR via helper
Essential to keep hardware usable
Can't be rebuilt via makepkg due to catch-22 that I can't install dependencies without updating dependencies which breaks said packages which I want to rebuild to fix this mess

Is there a way to tell pacman during system upgrade to ignore breakage and just YOLO it? If I rebuild AUR packages during same boot, unbootable situation won't occur.

P.S. removing foreign packages is not an option.
P.P.S. no need to tell me that this is not what I want, I accept that this is a dangerous op and accept full responsibility for it nuking my system.

Last edited by ivdok (2023-10-22 07:28:07)

arojas · 2023-10-22 08:01:38

Rebuild your AUR packages in a chroot (which is always recommended anyway)

nomorewindows · 2023-10-31 19:32:55

The other thread is closed.

I knew about pacman -Rss and -Rdd but I didn't know about -Syddu (or -Sddu) and just tried it cold turkey and it solved the kde->kde5 multipackage update problem.

Last edited by nomorewindows (2023-10-31 19:38:07)

arojas · 2023-10-31 21:35:19

nomorewindows wrote:

I knew about pacman -Rss and -Rdd but I didn't know about -Syddu (or -Sddu) and just tried it cold turkey and it solved the kde->kde5 multipackage update problem.

Sure, if by "solved" you mean leaving multiple packages with broken dependencies on your system.

WorMzy · 2023-10-31 22:58:07

Either remove your foreign packages temporarily, or build using a clean chroot. If you want more help, post the output you get from pacman.

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues.

nomorewindows · 2023-11-04 06:06:16

arojas wrote:

nomorewindows wrote:
I knew about pacman -Rss and -Rdd but I didn't know about -Syddu (or -Sddu) and just tried it cold turkey and it solved the kde->kde5 multipackage update problem.
Sure, if by "solved" you mean leaving multiple packages with broken dependencies on your system.

For AUR packages, possibly.

But for updating when it can't resolve the dependencies of changing from kde to kde5, it took it with -Sddu. Otherwise, it wouldn't update because it still couldn't resolve the new dependencies over the older ones. After having to manually answer Y to do I want to replace kde with kde5, it still says can't satisfy dependencies. But then -Sddu makes all the replace this with that default to yes. Same situation if you had to use -Rdd or -Rss. -Sddu may save having to do the -Rdd or -Rss and then come back with the new package to fix the dependency issues.

Last edited by nomorewindows (2023-11-04 06:07:07)

loqs · 2023-11-04 08:27:24

nomorewindows wrote:

But for updating when it can't resolve the dependencies of changing from kde to kde5, it took it with -Sddu. Otherwise, it wouldn't update because it still couldn't resolve the new dependencies over the older ones. After having to manually answer Y to do I want to replace kde with kde5, it still says can't satisfy dependencies.

Did you keep the output from that failure? Do you have an foreign packages or unofficial repositories installed? What is the output of:

pacman -Qm
pacman -Dkk

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#1 2023-10-22 07:24:35

KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

#2 2023-10-22 08:01:38

Re: KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

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Re: KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

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Re: KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

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Re: KDE -> KDE5 rename breakage, vol. 2

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