[arch-general] Whats wrong with this error message

[David Houston]

error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet
error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U

-U is not yet supported but can be done using -U?


Dave
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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> David Houston wrote:
>>
>> dave at devbox [2054] --> pacman -U
>> nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
>> loading package data...
>> checking dependencies...
>> error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet
>> error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U
>> error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
>> :: nvidia-utils-beta: conflicts with nvidia-utils
>> zsh: exit 1     sudo pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
>>
>
> Q: Whats wrong with this error message
> A: Nothing...
>
> You want:
> pacman -Rd nvidia-utils
> pacman -U nvidia-utils-beta-190.36-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
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