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

[Doug Newgard]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 21:46:43 -0600
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 

It no longer exists in the repos. You have nothing depending on it. It's
causing you problems. The solution seems obvious.