[arch-general] Pacman update: new package breaks many dependencies, how to cope

[Jeanette C.]

Hey hey Nts,
thanks a lot. Sorry for the obviously simple question.

Best wishes,

Jeanette
Feb 8 2020, NTS has written:

> Hello,
>
> These kinds of upgrade issues are documented here whenever they cannot
> be avoided:
>
>  https://www.archlinux.org/news/
>
> Your issue is this one:
>
>  https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-cleanup-requires-manual-intervention/
>
> where a simple solution is given, too.
>
> Best regards,
>
> nts
>
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 09:40, Jeanette C. via arch-general
> <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hey hey,
>> I just tried to update my system. Admittedly, I probably left it a little too
>> long.
>>
>> Now xorgproto apparently breas a lot of dependencies. This includes dmxproto
>> and xproto, which in turn are required by other packages like libgmx or
>> libxfont.
>>
>> It there an "automated" method of dealing with this kind of dependency
>> breakage? I dare not try this by hand. I don't know how many other packages
>> would be affected by this.
>>
>> Best wishes and many thanks,
>>
>> Jeanette
>>
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