Version conflict using "replaces"

atomopawn · 2014-07-28 19:16:46

I am trying to upgrade my system, but archboot requires lzo2 and in the testing repository, lzo2 has been replaced by the new lzo package.

pacman -Qi lzo

shows that lzo provides, replaces, and conflicts with lzo2, but archboot still fails with:

lzo2 and lzo are in conflict

pacman -Qi archboot shows:
lzo2>=2.06-1

When I install lzo2 and archboot and try to upgrade lzo, I get:

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: archboot: requires lzo2>=2.06-1

Is this expected behavior or is this a bug in pacman's dependency handling?

karol · 2014-07-28 19:43:12

Please post the exact command you run when you encountered this issue.
What happens if you remove lzo when prompted?

Last edited by karol (2014-07-28 19:45:00)

Allan · 2014-07-29 09:06:32

File a bugreport. Either lzo needs to have a versioned provide or archboot needs updated.

karol · 2014-07-29 15:13:15

I did install archboot w/o a problem, so I don't understand what the issue is.

Allan · 2014-07-30 03:10:47

I get:

:: lzo2 and lzo are in conflict. Remove lzo? [y/N]

This is because of the versioned lzo2 dependency. You must have lzo installed which replaces lzo2 to see this.

anatolik · 2014-07-30 04:04:03

Allan wrote:

lzo needs to have a versioned provide

I am going to add it and push a new lzo revision to [testing] soon.

But IMHO archboot should not use version specifier, lzo 2.06 has been released long time and there is no way back.

anatolik · 2014-07-30 04:24:40

The issue should be fixed by lzo-2.08-3 in [testing].

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