[arch-general] '*' in PKGBUILD for the conflicts array

[Allan McRae]

Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Attila<attila at invalid.invalid> wrote:
>   
>> On Mittwoch, 12. August 2009 09:52 Allan McRae wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> No, that will not work.
>>>       
>> Perhaps in the future? If not, no problem and i don't want to force you to say
>> me a release date.-)
>>
>> See you, Attila
>>     
>
> You'd have to talk to the pacman guys. I suggest you file a feature
> request or email the pacman-dev list
>   

I just replied in the bug report but for those that are interested.... 
something like:

conflicts=("kdebase-*")

may be achieved using

conflicts=$(pacman -Ssq kdebase-)


I would not recommend the general use of that....

Allan