[arch-general] Any way to change .PKGINFO post build w/o Rebuilding?

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Emil Lundberg <lundberg.emil at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't mean to be rude, but have you tried it? Pacman packages are
> tar.gz archives, so my guess is it's possible
>
> /Emil.
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:13 PM, David C. Rankin
> <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>   I patched tdebase for the logind-multiseat patch as was applied to
>> kde-workspace for Arch kde4. Doing so, I forgot to change the provides=
>> replaces= information. Now the new package will not install due to every file
>> conflicting with an existing file. The new file is named 'tde-tdebase-systemd'
>> and it replaces a package named 'tde-tdebase'. Can I decompress the package and
>> manually edit the .PKGINFO file and then recompress the file and have it work?
>> The package is unsigned if that makes any difference. What is currently in the
>> .PKGINFO file is:
>>
>> # Generated by makepkg 4.1.2
>> # using fakeroot version 1.20
>> # Wed Feb 26 06:24:01 UTC 2014
>> pkgname = tde-tdebase-systemd
>> pkgver = R14preRC1-1
>> pkgdesc = Trinity Desktop Enviroment base components - TDE upstream GIT
>> url = http://scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/tdebase
>> builddate = 1393395841
>> packager = David C. Rankin < drankinatty at gmail dot com >
>> size = 78513152
>> arch = i686
>> license = GPL
>> replaces = trinity-tdebase
>> <snip>
>> provides = tdebase
>> provides = tde-tdebase
>>
>>   I think the change needed is:
>>
>> replaces = tde-tdebase
>> replaces = trinity-tdebase
>> provides = tdebase
>> provides = tde-tdebase
>>
>>   Does this have a chance of working or should I just bite the bullet and
>> rebuild the package?
>>
>> --
>> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Try https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1285524