-----Original Message-----
> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:39:45 +0100
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Error with makepkg installing dependency
> From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: General Discusson about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Dan McGee wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Baho Utot
> > <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > stefan-husmann@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:23:28 +0100
> > > > > Subject: [arch-general] Error with makepkg installing
> > > > > dependency From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux
> > > > > <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > When compiling packages using makeworld or my custom script I
> > > > > am getting a number of failures like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > /usr/info/dir exists in both 'glib' and 'gtk'
> > > > >
> > > > > What causes this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to fix this without forcing this packages?
> > > > > or better still is there a fix?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > no package should provide that file. As a workaround ,simply
> > > > remove it in the PKGBUILD. Proper info file handling is
> > > > demonstrated in the file proto-info.install uder
> > > > /usr/share/pacman.
> > > >
> > > > Also, info files should be installed under /usr/share/info, not
> > > > /usr/info.
> > > > Regards Stefan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I didn't make the PKGBUILD files.
> > >
> > > I should not have to remove anything from the PKGBUILD files that
> > > are in extra.
> > > They should just build with makepkg.
> > >
> > > Are you saying the arch developers don't know what they are doing?
> > >
Hello,
we had the ('!docs') option as default in makepkg.conf in former days,
we have ('docs') now. /usr/share/info and /usr/info belonged to the
directories that were usually stripped away. Now this can be a source
for file conflicts.
Regards Stefan
