[arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

[David C. Rankin]

On 02/09/2018 09:17 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:53:01 -0600
> "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>>   Attempting to upgrade tonight I am met with a fontsproto breaks dependency
>> 'fontsproto>=2.1.3' error and pacman quits. Is this a repo-sync issue or is  
>> this a bug?
>>
> 
> It's neither. Why do you still have libxfont installed?
> 

Damned if I know??

Name            : libxfont
Version         : 1.5.3-1
Description     : X11 font rasterisation library
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Licenses        : custom
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : freetype2  libfontenc  xproto  fontsproto>=2.1.3
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 300.00 KiB
Packager        : Laurent Carlier <lordheavym at gmail.com>
Build Date      : Thu 19 Oct 2017 10:56:59 PM CDT
Install Date    : Sat 21 Oct 2017 08:57:48 AM CDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Should I not have it?

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.