FS#75938 - [whois] installation failed: mkpasswd exists in filesystem (owned by mkpasswd)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Simon Thiel (thielsn) - Monday, 19 September 2022, 07:17 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Monday, 19 September 2022, 07:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
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:

Error when trying to install whois-5.5.13-2:

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(1/1) checking for file conflicts [####################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
whois: /usr/bin/mkpasswd exists in filesystem (owned by mkpasswd)
whois: /usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz exists in filesystem (owned by mkpasswd)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
-> error installing repo packages
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Additional info:
* package version: whois-5.5.13-2
* probably related to commit https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/commit/deda6776e206c91c37100be01b67c7f2a22282a5

Steps to reproduce:
pacman -S whois
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Monday, 19 September 2022, 07:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  mkpasswd is unsupported

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