[arch-general] Advice need on upgrading

[Christopher Daley]

I just tried it on my machine, all you should need to do it pacman -Sy
system-config-printer-common
to resolve the dependency.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Christopher Daley <crdaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> In short, it's a packaging problem.  You could try forcing the package
> upgrades (while not the best solution I imagine at most you wont be able to
> print), or just skip those packages until someone gets around to fixing the
> packaging issue.
>
> The long version:
> system-config-printer version 1.1.7-3 was just replaced by system-config-printer-common
> 1.1.12-5.  I'm not sure what the differences are (if any), but either the
> two packages in question (kdeadmin-system-config-printer-kde
>  kdeutils-printer-applet) need to be updated, or
> the system-config-printer-common package needs to have the PROVIDES line
> updated.
>
> I'm going to file a bug against system-config-printer-common for the
> provides, since the kde packages are orphans.
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:17 PM, richard terry <rterry at pacific.net.au>wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> Just did a Syu and got presented with this below, so I baulked at the
>> upgrade
>> as some of the names seem different and I don't know what's happening.
>>
>> Is it ok to upgrade, and waht about the unresolvable messages.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> Starting full system upgrade...
>> :: Replace kdebase-keditbookmarks with extra/kdebase-konqueror? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdebase-nsplugins with extra/kdebase-konqueror? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdegraphics-ksaneplugin with extra/kdegraphics-libs? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer with extra/kdegraphics-libs? [Y/n]
>> y
>> :: Replace kdegraphics-svgpart with extra/kdegraphics-libs? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdegraphics-thumbnailers with extra/kdegraphics-libs? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdemultimedia-libkcddb with extra/kdemultimedia-kioslave? [Y/n]
>> y
>> :: Replace kdemultimedia-libkcompactdisc with
>> extra/kdemultimedia-kioslave?
>> [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-icons with extra/kdepim-libkdepim? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-kmailcvt with extra/kdepim-kmail? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-kontactinterfaces with extra/kdepim-kontact? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-ksendemail with extra/kdepim-kmail? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-libkleo with extra/kdepim-libkdepim? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-libkpgp with extra/kdepim-libkdepim? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-libksieve with extra/kdepim-kmail? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-mimelib with extra/kdepim-kmail? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-plugins with extra/kdepim-kmail? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace kdepim-strigi-analyzer with extra/kdepim-libkdepim? [Y/n] y
>> :: Replace system-config-printer with extra/system-config-printer-common?
>> [Y/n] y
>> resolving dependencies...
>> warning: cannot resolve "system-config-printer>=1.1.7-3", a dependency of
>> "kdeadmin-system-config-printer-kde"
>> warning: cannot resolve "system-config-printer>=1.1.7-3", a dependency of
>> "kdeutils-printer-applet"
>> :: the following package(s) cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable
>> dependencies:
>>      kdeadmin-system-config-printer-kde  kdeutils-printer-applet
>>
>> Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade? [Y/n]
>>
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