On 02/01/2010 12:08 AM, Ray Rashif wrote: > Oh nono, $replaces isn't used like that. When for instance you have > deleted a package and brought in a new one with a different name, > often due to a name change (upstream or not), you need to make sure > pacman will know and seamlessly "update" to the new package. > Sometimes, projects go defunct and forks become active. > > Asking the user to answer the question resolves one big thing: > > 1) He will not complain later; he won't be freaked out when he finds > one of his packages is missing and/or the system has something he > can't recall installing. > > > -- > GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD > Sounds like the real problem is pacman's message then. My suggestion: change "package x has been replaced by package y" to "package x has been renamed package y". -Brendan Long
