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

ludovic coues couesl at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 10:07:44 EDT 2009


>
> >
> > 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-)
>
> or simply cut and paste the output of "pacman -Ssq ..." into
> conflicts=().
>

Simply pasting will not work if someone is just bumping the package using
conflict's version and that kdebase-* have get some new member. But it's
better from my point of view.


More information about the arch-general mailing list