Re: [arch-general] KDE4.3 Beta - Rocks, still a bit rough, but very usable as a primary desktop [SOLVED]

David C. Rankin wrote:

I know all the warning about not using -f, but after reviewing the conflicts being icons and other misc. files, I decided it was time for the 'nuclear option'. So I reared back and let the following fly:

pacman -Sy -f kde kde-extragear

and just hit return, return, return, return until it started installing.

Just my $0.02, but bad idea. I'd think it's quite possible that you'd wind up with stray files hanging around by forcing pacman like this. It's never a good idea to leave system/app files hanging around that pacman doesn't know about, since you can wind up with weird file conflicts down the road. DR