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FS#16298 - [vi] failure to remove /usr/bin/rview symlink

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrew Munkres (amunkres) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:24 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 21 September 2009, 05:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
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.

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