notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

pablox · 2012-05-13 01:44:21

I was trying to install the notify-osd-customizable package from aur, but I'm running in a conflict because both packages "provides" notification-daemon.

I don't know how to deal when two packages provides the same package. I've read the pacman man and wiki, but I haven't being able to solve the problem =/

Any help/feedback is welcome :)

MOPSTER · 2012-05-13 03:20:41

In this case you could recompile awesome from ABS and remove the provides='notification-daemon' from the pkgbuild. Since awesome provides a notification module which is optional, it doesn't need the provides line. EDIT: OOPS it seems awesome isn't in abs yet.

Last edited by MOPSTER (2012-05-13 03:31:35)

enricostn · 2012-05-13 10:48:47

same problem here! +1

anonymous_user · 2012-05-13 16:02:30

If you don't want to wait for ABS to be updated, you can just download the files and PKGBUILD:

https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … es/awesome

ZekeSulastin · 2012-05-13 16:07:38

MOPSTER wrote:

Since awesome provides a notification module which is optional, it doesn't need the provides line.

Actually, it kinda does - consider why both awesome and notify-osd-* provide the metapackage notification-daemon; if it didn't provide that, you'd have to edit the PKGBUILD to provide it if you just wanted to use awesome's built-in module.

It's kinda damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't, unless the maintainer breaks the upstream package and provides naughty as a separate package - maybe something to bug report?

{edit}I feature-requested it - https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29874{/edit}

Last edited by ZekeSulastin (2012-05-13 16:13:55)

MOPSTER · 2012-05-13 17:02:00

I used to edit the PKGBUILD for the provides line when it was in the aur since back then it didn't provide a notification-daemon eventhough I could use naughty. I do agree with the separate package thing though, choice is always nice.

pablox · 2012-05-14 04:13:52

anonymous_user wrote:

If you don't want to wait for ABS to be updated, you can just download the files and PKGBUILD:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … es/awesome

Thanks to point it out. If you use yaourt,

yaourt -G awesome

do the work (pretty handy, even if you don't use it on an everyday basis).

ZekeSulastin wrote:

MOPSTER wrote:
Since awesome provides a notification module which is optional, it doesn't need the provides line.
Actually, it kinda does - consider why both awesome and notify-osd-* provide the metapackage notification-daemon; if it didn't provide that, you'd have to edit the PKGBUILD to provide it if you just wanted to use awesome's built-in module.
It's kinda damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't, unless the maintainer breaks the upstream package and provides naughty as a separate package - maybe something to bug report?
{edit}I feature-requested it - https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29874{/edit}

Thanks, I'm following the 'bug' now, and I -obviously- voted

seblu · 2012-05-14 09:02:12

pablox wrote:

I was trying to install the notify-osd-customizable package from aur, but I'm running in a conflict because both packages "provides" notification-daemon.

It conflict because notify-osd-customizable conflict with notification-daemon (provide doesn't conflict).
Remove the conflict inside aur package and this will work correctly. You can test with the real notification-daemon which doesn't conflict or xfce4-notifyd.

pablox · 2012-05-16 20:23:38

Yep, you're right. I removed the "conflicts" and now it worked fine. I still don't understand why the official package needs that though...

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#1 2012-05-13 01:44:21

notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#2 2012-05-13 03:20:41

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#3 2012-05-13 10:48:47

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#4 2012-05-13 16:02:30

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#5 2012-05-13 16:07:38

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#6 2012-05-13 17:02:00

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#7 2012-05-14 04:13:52

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#8 2012-05-14 09:02:12

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

#9 2012-05-16 20:23:38

Re: notify-osd-customizable and awesome conflict

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