[arch-general] makepkg/PKGBUILD - handle same files provided by 2 non-dependent packages?

[Baho Utot]

On 03/25/2012 07:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
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> On 03/25/2012 05:01 PM, Baho Utot wrote:
>> You may have a bigger problem then,  you may/will have to put them into
>> unrelated directories so they do not conflict with each other.
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>> I originally thought you could sed this thing but I don't think that will work.
> I am still trying to see if the kio_ksvn is functionally equivalent of kio_svn.
> If tdesdk will use kio_ksvn for it's svn functions (which I can't think why it
> wouldn't), then it will simply use the files provided by tdesvn. However,
> reading, tdesdk and tdesvn use their own implementations of the kio slave, so
> there is a chance that they are not functionally equivalent. The kdedevelopers
> for kde4 haven't solve the issue. Debian and kubuntu have gone back and forth
> creating 'kio_plugins' that hold these files.
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> The current opensuse 3.5.10 eliminates the .protocol files from kdesdk and just
> uses those provided by kdesvn, so that seems like a workable solution. I haven't
> looked at their patches yet, but I have looked at the files provided by both the
> kdesvn and kdesdk rpms.
>
> I think rather than split packaging, we just drop the .protocol files from
> tdesdk and make tdesvn a dependency of tdesdk. The tdesvn package is only 1.8M
> so it's not a lot of overhead for someone who wants just tdesdk and not tdesvn.
> Otherwise, I think it is hack the code time and patch tdesdk to put its protocol
> files in a new location.
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Well OK,

I am not working on tde at all any more as I have standardized on KDE4.

Good luck with your project.