[arch-general] [Bulk] Re: File conflict between cuda and pacparser

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 15:24 +0530, phanisvar das wrote:
> 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.

Moving and if everything is ok removing files is what I do, if such an
issue happens with AUR PKGBUILDS. I should have warned that the --force
option is just a workaround that IMO is ok for this situation.