[arch-general] conflict on /usr/bin generated by tigervnc?

[Javier]

On 9/9/20 5:59 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 17:41:28 -0600
> Javier via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi !
>>
>> On Today's upgrade:
>>
>> % pacman -Syu
>> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>> ...
>> Packages (9) ... tigervnc-1.11.0-1 ...
>> ...
>>  tigervnc-1.11.0-1-x86_64           131.3 MiB  3.51 MiB/s 00:37 [########################################################] 100%
>> (9/9) checking keys in keyring                                                                  [########################################################] 100%
>> (9/9) checking package integrity                                [########################################################] 100%
>> (9/9) loading package files                                     [########################################################] 100%
>> (9/9) checking for file conflicts                               [########################################################] 100%
>> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
>> tigervnc: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)
>> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
>>
>> Usually that get fixed by using "--overwrite /usr/sbin".  But I find it wrong for tigervnc to own "/usr/sbin", so I think in this case tigervnc is not right.  Would this be the case, or it's OK for tigervnc to be the owner and then to overwrite?
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
> 
> NO! DO NOT OVERWRITE! In fact, never overwrite when the file is owned by
> another package, you'll just create more problems. This is a packaging bug, and
> this package is currently uninstallable on Arch.
> 
> Scimmia
> 

Understood !  Actually I thought it to be dangerous for sure !

Thanks !

-- 
Javier

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