[arch-general] File conflict between cuda and pacparser

phanisvar das listmail at phanisvara.com
Wed Aug 27 05:54:27 EDT 2014


On 08/27/2014 02:53 PM, Temlin Olivér wrote:
> It's a policy to keep users from learning bad things. You should never
> suggest --force or a package from AUR unless you attach a big fat warning,
> otherwise it would mean to encourage them to do it in other (seemingly
> indifferent) cases, eg. updating filesystem with --force can mess things up
> pretty badly.

you can always suggest to remove the file(s) in question manually, or 
better, move to another location, then install w/o "--force". sounds 
better, makes it more clear what's happening, and doesn't invite trouble 
in the future.

-- 
phani.


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