Pacman says i need kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 even tho i have .....

rdoggsv · 2005-10-26 01:26:36

Ok so i did today my daily pacman -Syu and with some other packages that it says i need to update also is listed kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 even tho im running arch with kernel26-scsi-2.6.13.4-3 , i have no idea why this his happening but something tells me it isnt rite and if i update to that package my system will get bad .

So i my guessing is this needs to be reviewed maybe somo bad dependency or some like that

Cheers

[root@bulletproof rdoggsv]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
:: current is up to date
:: extra is up to date
Targets: mono-tools-1.1.9-2 gtk-sharp-2-2.5.92-1 libgdiplus-1.1.9.2-1
man-pages-2.11-1 kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 mono-debugger-0.10-2
monodevelop-0.8-1 openssh-4.2p1-2 openssl-0.9.7h-1 shadow-4.0.13-2
Total Package Size: 28.1 MB
Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n]

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Ok so i started updating package by package until i got to the mono-debugger wich is the package that is asking for the kernel26, maybe this will help more to see the problem. dependency check on mono-debugger ??

[root@bulletproof rdoggsv]# pacman -S mono-debugger
Targets: kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 mono-debugger-0.10-2
Total Package Size: 16.1 MB
Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] n

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I installed mono-debugger omiting dependency check and also monodevelop and now im fine, pacman doenst ask anymore for the kernel update.

johnisevil · 2005-10-26 02:52:14

This appears to be an error on the mono-debugger maintainer's part. I ran into the same problem and it ended up installing kernel26, overwriting the files that kernel26-scsi provides.

tomk · 2005-10-26 11:03:53

I think it's more likely that kernel26-scsi should have

provides=('kernel26')

in its PKGBUILD, which it does not at present.

johnisevil · 2005-10-26 18:30:23

Or better yet, does this package really need to have the kernel as a dependency? If I do pacman -Qi kernel26, mono-debugger is the only package on my entire system that depends on kernel26. I'd imagine that there are other packages that would be more kernel dependant than this one. I just think it's an error on the maintainer's part.

Snowman · 2005-10-26 20:05:29

The easiest way to know the answer is to submit a bug report or to send an email to the maintainer.

phrakture · 2005-10-26 20:14:47

tomk wrote:

I think it's more likely that kernel26-scsi should have
provides=('kernel26')
in its PKGBUILD, which it does not at present.

Regardless, no packages should depend on the kernel. That's part of the design (at least according to Xentac).

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#1 2005-10-26 01:26:36

Pacman says i need kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 even tho i have .....

#2 2005-10-26 02:52:14

Re: Pacman says i need kernel26-2.6.13.4-3 even tho i have .....

#3 2005-10-26 11:03:53

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#4 2005-10-26 18:30:23

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#5 2005-10-26 20:05:29

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