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

[Nezmer at allurelinux.org]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 03:06:32PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
> 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
That would break setups for people like me who enable "ShowSize" in
pacman.conf , wouldn't It ?