On 12/24/2013 05:29 PM, Jeremy Audet wrote:
I am trying to create a git package, which provides the non-git packages
If one package provides another, only one of the two packages may be installed.
:: mesa-git and mesa are in conflict. Remove mesa? [y/N] y
Pacman is reminding you that only one of the two packages may be installed.
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) mesa-git: /usr/share/licenses/mesa exists in filesystem
Your package (mesa-git) is referencing files from a non-existent package (mesa-git). This is a logical contradiction.
I've decided to symlink /usr/share/licenses/mesa to /usr/share/licenses/mesa-git
Messing with the files managed by another package is a Bad Thing. Don't do it. Install a license in `/usr/share/licenses/mesa-git`.
The files in question comes from packages that are to be removed, ones from [extra]. mesa-git and other -git packages built from same source *should* replace packages from [extra] as they provide *everything* packages from [extra] do (*exactly* the same files/directories/etc), but only newer version.
--Jeremy
-- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.