How to handle a dep in a pkg that provides another pkg [solved]

graysky · 2014-08-08 19:54:17

I maintain the xbmc-beta package in the AUR that provides 'xbmc' in its provides array. I wish to have a second package, xbmc-standalone-service require that users have the official xbmc>=13.1-5 in order to avoid conflicting files. The problem is that if one installs the xbmc-beta package, pacman will not allow the installation of the xbmc-standalone-service package.

I thought that by using the provides='xbmc' in the xbmc-beta package, that pacman would know that xbmc-beta is providing xbmc, but that doesn't seem to be the case. What is the correct way to handle this?

Thanks!

Last edited by graysky (2014-08-09 08:13:55)

stevenhoneyman · 2014-08-08 20:43:00

provides=('xbmc=13.2')

should do the trick (I think)

Scimmia · 2014-08-09 03:02:32

Yeah, the versioned dep in the xbmc-standalone-service package is the problem. To satisfy a versioned dep, you need a versioned "provides". I would suggest

provides=("xbmc=$pkgver")

Last edited by Scimmia (2014-08-09 03:02:50)

graysky · 2014-08-09 08:13:12

That did it, thanks guys.

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How to handle a dep in a pkg that provides another pkg [solved]

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Re: How to handle a dep in a pkg that provides another pkg [solved]

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Re: How to handle a dep in a pkg that provides another pkg [solved]

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Re: How to handle a dep in a pkg that provides another pkg [solved]

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