[arch-general] xf86-input-evdev conflicts with xorg-server. Remove xorg-server?

[Arvid Picciani]

Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 12:43 +0100, Arvid Picciani wrote:
>> obviously i do NOT want to remove xorg-server.
>>
>> i don't need evdev, but:
>> :: xorg-server: requires xf86-input-evdev>=2.2.5
>> so no removing it either.
>>
>> the mirror i'm using has been updated today (December 1th), and i'm not 
>> using testing.
>> mirrors package versions:
>> xorg-server 1.7.2-2
>> xf86-input-evdev 2.3.1-1
>>
>> thanks
>>
> 
> What about your own package versions (the ones currently installed)?
> 
> 
xorg-server        : 1.6.3.901-1
xf86-input-evdev   : 2.2.5-something

on irc the idea came up that the local versions conflict with the repo 
versions, hence pacman is confused about the dependencies.
i removed evdev, and all the other drivers localy.

Which turned out to be a very bad idea. Now i'm left with a half dead 
system.

warning: cannot resolve "hal>=0.5.13", a dependency of "xorg-server"
THAT is the actual problem. It now depends on HAL, which doesn't work.

Anyone got a hack available for this? Patch? Maybe it's just a configure 
option. I'll have to build my own xorg anyway then i guess.
*sigh* archlinux vs lfs 0:1


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Arvid
Asgaard Technologies