[pacman-dev] Interesting side-effect of IgnorePkg

[Nagy Gabor]

> So I tried to install base-devel on my slice today so I could build   
> a package:
>
> $ pacS base-devel
> Password:
> base-devel package not found, searching for group...
> :: group base-devel (including ignored packages):
>     autoconf  automake  bin86  bison  ed  fakeroot  flex  gcc  libtool
>  m4  make  patch  pkgconfig
> :: Install whole content? [Y/n] y
> warning: autoconf-2.63-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: bison-2.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> :: gcc is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n] n
> gcc package not found, searching for group...
> error: 'gcc': not found in sync db
>
> I said no to GCC becuase I have most of the toolchain/libc held back
> because the Xen kernel running there is older. However, I already have
> GCC installed, but it still caused the group install to fail.
>
> -Dan

Did you try with pacman-git? This should be fixed, see FS#12059.

Bye


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