[aur-general] Conflicting contents of different packages
Hi guys, I maintain a package dex-editor-git in the AUR. It was recently reported to me that it conflicts with a package named dex present in the community repository. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/ The conflicting files are /usr/bin/dex and /usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz Both packages are unrelated so I believe putting *dex* in the conflicts array isn't right. Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this, short of renaming the files?
* gt <notfoss@gmx.com> [2015-03-02 15:11:45 +0530]:
Hi guys,
I maintain a package dex-editor-git in the AUR. It was recently reported to me that it conflicts with a package named dex present in the community repository.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/
The conflicting files are /usr/bin/dex and /usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz
Both packages are unrelated so I believe putting *dex* in the conflicts array isn't right.
Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this, short of renaming the files?
I don't think there's anything you can do, except conflicting or renaming. IMHO, renaming the files (e.g. to dex-editor or dexedit or so) would be the better way to solve this. Florian -- http://www.the-compiler.org | me@the-compiler.org (Mail/XMPP) GPG: 916E B0C8 FD55 A072 | http://the-compiler.org/pubkey.asc I love long mails! | http://email.is-not-s.ms/
On 02-03-15 10:54, Florian Bruhin wrote:
* gt <notfoss@gmx.com> [2015-03-02 15:11:45 +0530]:
Hi guys,
I maintain a package dex-editor-git in the AUR. It was recently reported to me that it conflicts with a package named dex present in the community repository.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/
The conflicting files are /usr/bin/dex and /usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz
Both packages are unrelated so I believe putting *dex* in the conflicts array isn't right.
Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this, short of renaming the files? I don't think there's anything you can do, except conflicting or renaming.
IMHO, renaming the files (e.g. to dex-editor or dexedit or so) would be the better way to solve this.
Florian
I also feel renaming the files is the best solution from a packager' pov. It would be good if you alerted dex-editor author to the existence of the other dex project.
On 2 March 2015 17:35:10 GMT+05:30, LoneVVolf <lonewolf@xs4all.nl> wrote:
On 02-03-15 10:54, Florian Bruhin wrote:
* gt <notfoss@gmx.com> [2015-03-02 15:11:45 +0530]:
Hi guys,
I maintain a package dex-editor-git in the AUR. It was recently reported to me that it conflicts with a package named dex present in the community repository.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/
The conflicting files are /usr/bin/dex and /usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz
Both packages are unrelated so I believe putting *dex* in the conflicts array isn't right.
Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this, short of renaming the files? I don't think there's anything you can do, except conflicting or renaming.
IMHO, renaming the files (e.g. to dex-editor or dexedit or so) would be the better way to solve this.
Florian
I also feel renaming the files is the best solution from a packager' pov. It would be good if you alerted dex-editor author to the existence of the other dex project.
Hi guys, I opened a request at dex editor's issue tracker regarding renaming. Here's the link for those interested. https://github.com/tihirvon/dex/issues/26
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LoneVVolf