On 02/01/2010 12:08 AM, Ray Rashif wrote:
Oh nono, $replaces isn't used like that. When for instance you have deleted a package and brought in a new one with a different name, often due to a name change (upstream or not), you need to make sure pacman will know and seamlessly "update" to the new package. Sometimes, projects go defunct and forks become active.
Asking the user to answer the question resolves one big thing:
1) He will not complain later; he won't be freaked out when he finds one of his packages is missing and/or the system has something he can't recall installing.
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Sounds like the real problem is pacman's message then. My suggestion: change "package x has been replaced by package y" to "package x has been renamed package y". -Brendan Long