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#1 2014-08-16 16:46:33
- gim
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Not allowed to overwrite existing packages with split package?
Hello! Today I made a split package with phpBB3 language packs, although I can't submit it and getting the message: "You are not allowed to overwrite the phpbb3-lang-de package."
Why I'm not allowed to overwrite the package which I maintain? This is my first split package and I'm not sure what I missed here. Could someone explain this to me please?
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#2 2014-08-16 17:30:08
- karol
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Re: Not allowed to overwrite existing packages with split package?
Maybe you should ask this on the mailing list? I don't know what the correct procedure for uploading split packages is.
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#3 2014-08-16 17:58:15
- Xyne
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Re: Not allowed to overwrite existing packages with split package?
The AUR only allows one of each package. If you try to upload a duplicate then it will block the upload. If you wish to replace existing packages with a single split package then you must request deletion of those packages first.
I don't even know if there is a way to merge votes from the previous packages when doing this. I'll ask on the aur-general mailing list.
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You can follow the mailing list discussion about this here.
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#4 2014-08-17 09:10:17
- gim
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Re: Not allowed to overwrite existing packages with split package?
Thanks for reply! I followed this ML discussion. In this case that doesn't matter though, there are no votes for packages I want to replace.
Anyhow, if I have to request deletion of every package, then I could upload split package replacing pkgnames phpbb3-lang-* wih phpbb3-i18n-* (that probably would be better) and wait when all phpbb3-lang-* packages are removed, right?
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#5 2014-08-17 15:54:24
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Re: Not allowed to overwrite existing packages with split package?
Anyhow, if I have to request deletion of every package, then I could upload split package replacing pkgnames phpbb3-lang-* wih phpbb3-i18n-* (that probably would be better) and wait when all phpbb3-lang-* packages are removed, right?
That should work, yes.
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