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blackhole

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From: Karlsruhe, Germany

Registered: 2008-12-14

Posts: 148

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Dependecy conflict freetype2 vs freetype2-ubuntu

Hi there,

my system update just failed due to a dependency conflict. This is the output:

schorsch@archie:~$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: nvidia: ignoring package upgrade (180.22-1 => 180.29-3)
warning: nvidia-utils: ignoring package upgrade (180.22-1 => 180.29-3)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: freetype2 conflicts with freetype2-ubuntu. Remove freetype2-ubuntu? [Y/n] n
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: freetype2: conflicts with freetype2-ubuntu
schorsch@archie:~$

Why is pacman canceling the whole system update just because of freetype? Why can't I keep freetype2-ubuntu if pacman gives me the choice of saying "no"? How do I find out which package is requesting freetype2?

How should I proceed? Just add freetype2 to my IgnorePkg list?

TIA,
Blackhole

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: Dependecy conflict freetype2 vs freetype2-ubuntu

The freetype2-ubuntu package should have a "provides=('freetype2')" line in it.   So, its not pacman's fault, but the PKGBUILDs fault...

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cuervo

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Registered: 2008-04-29

Posts: 65

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Re: Dependecy conflict freetype2 vs freetype2-ubuntu

Manually upgrade freetype2-ubuntu to latest. Then rerun pac -Syu.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: Dependecy conflict freetype2 vs freetype2-ubuntu

@Allan already provides. he has an old version of freetype2-ubuntu

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Shaika-Dzari

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2006-04-14

Posts: 436

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Re: Dependecy conflict freetype2 vs freetype2-ubuntu

Solution ? :

pacman -Su --ignore freetype2

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