> Hmm, I'd suggest making a simple test package that just does "mkdir > /foobar" in the build function, then bumping the version and replacing > it with a file. Confirmed, should I open a bug for this? root# pacman -U test-1.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz loading package data... checking dependencies... (1/1) checking for file conflicts [#####################################################] 100% error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting files) test: /test exists in filesystem errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Here's the PKGBUILD I created: pkgname=test pkgver=1.0.0 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc='Test Package' arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="" license=('GPL') depends=() source=() md5sums=() build() { mkdir ${pkgdir}/${pkgname} } Here's the diff to the updated package: --- PKGBUILD 2009-03-23 19:05:49.000000000 +0100 +++ PKGBUILD.1 2009-03-23 19:05:56.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ pkgname=test -pkgver=1.0.0 +pkgver=1.0.1 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc='Test Package' arch=('i686' 'x86_64') @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ md5sums=() build() { - mkdir ${pkgdir}/${pkgname} + touch ${pkgdir}/${pkgname} } -- damjan