#1

[root@DevNull indrek]# pacman -S libxft-lcd
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libxft-lcd conflicts with libxft. Remove libxft? [Y/n] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: pango: requires libxft>=2.1.10
[root@DevNull indrek]# 

#2

[root@DevNull indrek]# pacman -S cairo-lcd 
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: cairo-lcd conflicts with cairo. Remove cairo? [Y/n] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: cairomm: requires cairo>=1.4.10
:: pango: requires cairo>=1.4.10
:: poppler: requires cairo>=1.4.12
:: pycairo: requires cairo>=1.4.10
[root@DevNull indrek]# 

#3

I downloaded both pkgbuilds and patches from cvs. First i tried provider, conflict libxft to change libxft>=2.1.10

[root@DevNull indrek]# pacman -U  '/home/indrek/Desktop/lcd2/libxft-lcd-2.1.12-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' 
loading package data... done.
checking dependencies...
error: replacing packages with -A and -U is not supported yet
error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: libxft-lcd: conflicts with libxft[root@DevNull indrek]# 


Probably pacman-devs see that there's a missing \n

#4

So Roman adwised to make a repo of myself (new aknowldege)

[root@DevNull indrek]# pacman -S repo/libxft-lcd
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libxft-lcd conflicts with libxft. Remove libxft? [Y/n] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: pango: requires libxft>=2.1.10
:: xorg-utils: requires libxft
[root@DevNull indrek]# 


no difference, it sucks in both ways!

and probably with cairo-lcd too.