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FS#16297 - [vi] failure to remove /usr/bin/rview symlink
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Opened by Andrew Munkres (amunkres) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:21 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:28 GMT
Opened by Andrew Munkres (amunkres) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:21 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:28 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
Yesterday, I ran yaourt -Syu, and one of the upgrades was from version 7.2.65-1 to 050325-1 of the vi package. The 7.2.65-1 package actually contained vim, whereas the 050325-1 package contains the original vi. So, I decided to install the vim package instead. However, it failed to install because a symlink "/usr/bin/rview" already existed: $ ls -alt /usr/bin/rview lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 2008-12-14 19:14 /usr/bin/rview -> vi Also, this symlink was not marked as being owned by any package: $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/rview error: No package owns /usr/bin/rview The symlink was still present (and unowned) after I removed the vi package ("yaourt -Rcs vi"). Additional info: * package version(s) vi 050325-1 (new), 7.2.65-1 (old) vim 7.2.245-1 * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: Upgrade to the most recent version of the vi package, then try to install the vim package. |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:28 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Duplicate of FS#16197 . Please see the front page news.
Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:28 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Duplicate of