On 02/20/2011 04:15 PM, Gaetan Bisson wrote: > [2011-02-20 15:32:14 -0600] David C. Rankin: >> The question is "Can I do something in the PKGBUILD to tell pacman >> - if the file is already there -> overwrite it?" > > Please. This mailing list is not for people to read you man pages. > > Next time, could you first spend five minutes to try and answer your > questions on your own? Here, it was as simple as searching for "pacman > overwrite" in Google, or looking for "overwrite" in pacman's man page. > > I am sure you understand this would benefit to everyone. > > For a more lengthy essay on the topic, see: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before > Thank you Gaetan and Sebastian, From your answers, I don't think you read my question before giving the the RTFM dismissal. I know how pacman -f works. I stated that in my original email. I'm not asking how to make pacman do it. I'm asking: <quote> The question is "Can I do something in the PKGBUILD to tell pacman - if the file is already there -> overwrite it?" </quote> The only information I found in man PKGBUILD on force was option(force) which relates to triggering an update even though the version number would not normally do so. I apologize if I missed it in the man page, but that is why I asked. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
