FS#45692 - pacman ignores version # of package the provides another when resolving deps

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Manuel Mendez (mmlb) - Friday, 17 July 2015, 17:53 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Friday, 17 July 2015, 19:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
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:
While trying to install py3status-git from aur to replace py3status, pacman complained that py3status-modules depends on 'py3status>=2.0'. py3status-git is has the following info

Name : py3status-git
Version : 2.4.r50.gbd75bd2-1
...
Provides : py3status

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Friday, 17 July 2015, 19:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Faulty py3status-git PKGBUILD
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 17 July 2015, 17:59 GMT
py3status-git needs provides=("py3status=$pkgver"). This is WAI.

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