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Tétrapyle

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Registered: 2014-01-03

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why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

Hi all,

I was not sure about an appropriate forum section.

I would like to try lm_sensors-git (AUR) but I can't do it easily because :

It conflicts with lm_sensors.
mesa depends on lm_sensors.
It seems that a whole lot of useful and mainstream applications depend on mesa.

So, my question is:

Do you know if there's a good reason for the package mesa to depend on lm_sensors?

Last edited by Tétrapyle (2018-03-10 13:22:00)

Pryka

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Registered: 2018-02-07

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Re: why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

Just a blind shot, but probably for temp control sensor on the GPU?

Tétrapyle

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Registered: 2014-01-03

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Re: why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

But is it necessary? Or would it make more sense for it to be an optional dependency?

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

Why can you not replace lm_sensors with lm_sensors-git?  It conflicts and provides lm_sensors.  What error message are you getting from pacman when you try and install lm_sensors-git?

seth

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Re: why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

It looks weird indeed, but should not impede the replacement at all - lm_sensors-git provides lm_sensors, so you can just replace one with the other.

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Tétrapyle

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Registered: 2014-01-03

Posts: 61

Re: why lm_sensors dependency for mesa [SOLVED]

Yes, I missed that! Sorry

I used apacman with --noconfirm, so when I saw the message about the conflict, I just tried to remove myself lm_sensors instead of letting apacman do it.
I'll mark it as solved, as is my issue, though I'm not sure scribus or stone-soup really do need lm_sensors.

Thank you guys!

Last edited by Tétrapyle (2018-03-10 13:25:27)