[2011-02-20 17:28:17 -0600] David C. Rankin: > From your answers, I don't think you read my question before giving the the > RTFM dismissal. I read (and answered) the question that is the subject of this thread. The lengthy details of how you got to ask yourself this question don't interest me much, so I admit I just skimmed through your message. That is also why I replied off-list: to avoid polluting the list; replying to my reply on the list defeats the purpose. > The question is "Can I do something in the PKGBUILD to tell pacman > - if the file is already there -> overwrite it?" To the best of my knowledge, there is no way of doing that, except of course overwriting the file via the install script. -- Gaetan
