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FS#40439 - extra/git and aur/git-subtree conflicts

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Lauri Rooden (lauriro) - Monday, 19 May 2014, 04:28 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 19 May 2014, 04:41 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
When upgrading extra/git on the machine where aur/git-subtree is installed upgrading fails.

$ sudo pacman -S git
Packages (1): git-1.9.3-1
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
git: /usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree exists in filesystem
git: /usr/share/man/man1/git-subtree.1.gz exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
$ sudo pacman -Rs git-subtree
Packages (1): git-subtree-1.9.1-1
(1/1) removing git-subtree
$ sudo pacman -S git
Packages (1): git-1.9.3-1
(1/1) upgrading git
This task depends upon

Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Monday, 19 May 2014, 04:41 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Fix the aur package.

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