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#1 2015-06-30 18:04:36
- Ambrevar
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AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
I've moved all my up-to-date packages to AUR4 but one: lua51-penlight. When pushing I get the following error
remote: error: cannot overwrite package: lua51-penlightMy first guess is that lua-penlight from the repo sets pkgbase=penlight, and this package used to do so as well. See https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lua51-penlight/.
After a first fail, I removed the pkgbase line, but it keeps failing.
I changed the package name to lua51-luapenlight, and then it worked. The name is a tad unfortunate though 
Any hint on this one?
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#2 2015-07-01 01:49:43
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
Saw this yesterday on IRC, someone was trying to push to the wrong repo. If the pkgbase is penlight, make sure you're pushing to the penlight.git repo.
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#3 2015-07-01 08:19:13
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
In case of a wrong repo, I get the following error message:
error: invalid pkgbase: A, expected BIt's a different yet probably related problem here.
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#4 2015-07-01 13:42:14
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
So you verified that you're pushing to penlight.git and not lua51-penlight.git?
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#5 2015-07-03 11:03:06
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
No, I'm pushing to lua51-penlight.git since I've removed the `pkgbase` variable.
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#6 2015-07-03 14:01:26
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
So that's your problem.
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#7 2015-07-03 15:50:15
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Re: AUR4 push error: cannot overwrite package
I think there currently is some protection in place for old AUR packages. The names used in the old AUR are reserved for the same maintainer with the same (updated) package, so if you already have pkgbase penlight with pkgname lua51-penlight, then you have to upload to penlight.git. I think you can change the pkgname if the pkgbase stays the same. You cannot change the pkgbase while keeping the pkgname.
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