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ash

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[solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

i took a package 'pikachu 1.0.1-2' from extra

i rewrote the .PKGINFO inside so that the new package is

name = ashs-pikachu
ver = 1.0.1-2
conflict = pikachu
provides = pikachu=1.0.1

i installed this package on my system

now i try to install 'raichu-2.0' from extra

raichu depends on 'pikachu' (no version specified)

when i pacman -S raichu it wants to install pikachu from extra and completely ignores that i allready have ashs-pikachu

how do i make it understand tht it can work with my customized package ?

Last edited by ash (2009-04-29 19:17:47)

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

You need a conflicts= line too.

Also, I don't think provides= is meant to be used with package versions, but I might be wrong.

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ash

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

the line is conflict= and not conflicts=. only this way the conflicts are shown in pacman -Qip. its also the way i saw it in another arch package (qt-4.X i think)

i saw the provides= used with version in another arch package (qt-4.X)

i tried to add replaces= without version and it still does not work

tomk

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

Check the db entry in /var/lib/pacman/local to make sure it's been entered as you intended.

Also.. what exactly are you trying to achieve?

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

If you run pacman -Qii ashs-pikachu does it show the proper provides?

If you've got everything set up properly, this may be a pacman bug unless I'm missing something.

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

which package is it? and can you paste -Qi output?

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ash

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

pacman -Qii ashs-pikachu
Name : ashs-pikachu
Version : 1.0.1-2
. .
. .
Provides : pikachu=1.0.1
. . 
. .
Conflicts With : pikachu
Replaces : pikachu
. . 
. .

Xyne

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

Try

provides=('pikachu=1.0.1')
conflicts=('pikachu')

I've seen version numbers in provides lines and have used them myself when creating PKGBUILDs (including in pacpan).

*edit*
Post the database files themselves (/var/lib/pacman/local/ashs-pikachu-1.0.1-2/*).

Last edited by Xyne (2009-04-29 18:18:46)

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ash

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Re: [solved] why does pacman ignore the 'provides' of installed package ?

issue solved

raichu also did depend on some other packages. one of them wanted explicitly the original pikachu

if i try to install mudkip (that depends on pikachu only) pacman uses ashs-pikachu