hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/verbose_unsat_deps... before: $ sudo pacman -S kdebase :: kdebase-3.5.0-4: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) after: $ sudo pacman -S kdebase :: kdebase-3.5.0-4: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... ERROR: cannot satisfy dependency for "kdebase" (requires "hal>=0.5.5-2") error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) (ok, till dont_hide_errors.diff isn't applied you'll need the --debug option to get this) udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org