FS#60268 - [shotwell] 2:0.30.1-1 cannot be installed: file conflict is blocking installation

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Monday, 01 October 2018, 16:02 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 01 October 2018, 17:10 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Description:

I tried to install last shotwell version and I cannot it installed.

Here is the error log I got:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
shotwell: /usr/local/share/man exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Additional info:
shotwell-2:0.30.1-1

Steps to reproduce: See details.

I see this which can be the source of this error in file list:
usr/local/share/man/
usr/local/share/man/man1/
usr/local/share/man/man1/shotwell.1.gz
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 01 October 2018, 17:10 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  shotwell 2:0.30.1-2
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 01 October 2018, 16:05 GMT
checkpkg and namcap should have made this glaringly obvious, even beyond the fact that it's completely uninstallable on Arch. A package that installs everything to /usr/local/ should have never made it into the repos.
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Monday, 01 October 2018, 16:55 GMT
should be fixed in shotwell-2:0.30.1-2
Comment by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Monday, 01 October 2018, 17:06 GMT
Fixed. Thanks a lot.

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