On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:07 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Guys, > > I have found a logic error in pacman (I think). I don't like replacing both > the kernel and kernel-lts in the same 'pacman -Syu' call. So I answered 'no' > when prompted to 'Replace kernel26-lts with core/linux-lts? [Y/n] n'. However, > then pacman fails to install anything because 'linux-lts and kernel26-lts are in > conflict'. > > When I answered 'n' to Replace kernel26-lts, I expected pacman to ignore > upgrading that package (and the others I said no to) but proceed forward and > install the remaining updates. Should I file this as a bug? The full output is > below: I think pacman is right. What you asked would make the installation inconsistent: you don't want to replace kernel-lts and will try to install linux-lts, which conflicts with the former. I think you should first use pacman -Syu --ignore linux-lts and, later, pacman -Syu again. That will have the effect you want. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? For mor information, please read: http://idallen.com/topposting.html ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------
