On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:32:07 +0200, Cédric Girard <girard.cedric@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Today I wanted to install the group (xorg-apps). But there is a package >> with >> the same name. I did not find a way to tell pacman I wanted the group and >> not the package. >> >> I ended doing this: >> sudo pacman -S `pacman -Sg xorg-apps | sed 's!xorg-apps \(.*\)!\1!'` >> >> But there must be an easier way. Any thought about this? >> >> Regards, >> > > Hm, crap, didn't think of that when I changed the groups and replaced that > dummy package... > > Anyways, I think the only way around this is by making the package > disappear from extra.db.tar.gz on your system and then install the xorg-apps > group. I'll get around removing xorg-apps soon, there's still a package in > the repositories that depends on it. > OK. Shouldn't there be a way to check conflicts between group and package name then (I don't have anything specific in mind)? -- Cédric Girard
