[arch-general] Error message on mkinitcpio

[Dan McGee]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 11.02.2010 18:47, schrieb Tomás Acauan Schertel:
>> # pacman -S testing/mkinitcpio
>> resolving dependencies...
>> looking for inter-conflicts...
>>
>> Targets (2): mkinitcpio-busybox-1.15.3-4  mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5-1
>>
>> Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
>> Total Installed Size:   0.44 MB
>>
>> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
>> checking package integrity...
>> (2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################]
>> 100%
>> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
>> mkinitcpio: /lib/initcpio/hooks/keymap exists in filesystem
>> mkinitcpio: /lib/initcpio/hooks/udev exists in filesystem
>> mkinitcpio: /lib/initcpio/install/keymap exists in filesystem
>> mkinitcpio: /lib/initcpio/install/udev exists in filesystem
>> mkinitcpio: /lib/initcpio/udev/load-modules.sh exists in filesystem
>> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
>>
>>
>> Is it right??
>> Can I use f to force install?
>> Does it really needs mkinitcpio-busybox??
>
> I thought replaces was handled by -S already, seems it is only done by -Su.

I think we may have this fixed in pacman-git, but Nagy or Xavier would
know for sure...

-Dan