[pacman-dev] replaces vs conflicts

[Allan McRae]

On 13/08/10 18:34, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 13/08/10 17:41, Allan McRae wrote:
>> Has something changed in the handling of provides/conflicts/replaces.
>>
>> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>> core 35.7K 30.4K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
>> extra 458.8K 52.5K/s 00:00:09 [######################] 100%
>> community 380.4K 40.4K/s 00:00:09 [######################] 100%
>> :: Starting full system upgrade...
>> resolving dependencies...
>> looking for inter-conflicts...
>> :: elfutils and libelf are in conflict. Remove libelf? [y/N]
>>
>>
>> > pacman -Si elfutils
>> Repository : core
>> Name : elfutils
>> Version : 0.148-1
>> URL : https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
>> Licenses : GPL2
>> Groups : None
>> Provides : libelf
>> Depends On : glibc
>> Optional Deps : None
>> Conflicts With : libelf
>> Replaces : libelf
>>
>> So the elfutils PKGBUILD has provides/conflicts/replaces=libelf.
>>
>> Didn't this use to replace the package rather than causing a conflict?
>
> Hmm... is this because the gcc update is pulling in elfutils so the
> replaces never gets activated?
>

For some reason I am getting this but other people are getting the the 
usual replaces.   So if no-one else replicates, just ignore this...