Arch Linux

Please file bugs in the appropriate project.

gstreamer0.10-cairo depends on a specific version of cairo. In order for cairo-lcd to provide this, you need to wait for pacman 3.1 to hit core and the cairo-lcd package to be updated with a versioned provision.

ehm...
We've talked with Indrek on gmail so I can provide some more info.

# pacman -S cairo-lcd libxft-lcd
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: cairo-lcd conflicts with cairo. Remove cairo? [Y/n] y
:: libxft-lcd conflicts with libxft. Remove libxft? [Y/n] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: cairomm: requires cairo>=1.4.10
:: libgdiplus: requires cairo>=1.4.10
:: pango: requires cairo>=1.4.10
:: pango: requires libxft>=2.1.10
:: poppler: requires cairo>=1.4.12
:: pycairo: requires cairo>=1.4.10

I'm not sure if he installed pacman 3.1 before or after trying to install -lcd packages.

Then I suggested to rebuild packages with provides=('cairo>=1.4.10') (though actually >=1.4.12 would be better, but I didn't notice that).

But he still got :: cairo conflicts with cairo-lcd. Remove cairo-lcd? [Y/n] n when trying to install gstreamer0.10-lcd.

@Indrek: when you'll be back online could you please remove all those packages and try to reproduce this issue again, providing us with all pacman's output.

I made it short and used libxft

There was no need for additional informations, Aaron already explained everything if you didn't notice :)
See also  bug 9171 .
The cairo-lcd package should be changed as soon as pacman 3.1 hits core, with the following modification :
provides=('cairo 1.4.12')

Note that Romashka's provides line is wrong :
provides=('cairo>=1.4.12')

The correct format is the one I gave :
provides=('cairo 1.4.12')

You only specify one version to a provision, there is no need for an operator (and pacman won't understand if you give one).

Ah, that's why it wasn't working. Thanks Xavier!

I did just did a -Rd of cairo-lcd and libxft-lcd and reinstalled them again, that also worked :)

But your system isn't in a consistent state then.
If you run the 'testdb' tool, it should detect missing dependencies.

You are right:

missing dependency for gstreamer0.10-cairo : cairo>=1.4.6
missing dependency for pango : cairo>=1.4.10
missing dependency for pango : libxft>=2.1.10

Would be provides=('cairo=1.4.12') ok?

No, it isn't ok. I gave the correct line above.

I see,
please test 3rd package revision