Thanks, but as far as I know (it's restrictive !) the "provides" array does not allow pacman or any other AUR building tool to find a replacement package if the one that it is looking for does not exist.
I mean, I'm not looking for an option to say "I provide this" but rather "You won't find that, but try this, it will provide what you are looking for". Cilyan 2009/3/24 Allan McRae <[email protected]>: > Cilyan Olowen wrote: >> >> I was wondering if it is possible to redirect one package to another, >> and if it was possible in unsupported. >> >> For example, python bindings for poppler are currently, but probably >> will stay like this, a bazaar repository. The fact is, as it is the >> official way of obtaining the software, the package should be >> python-poppler. But, as it is a bzr, it should be python-poppler-bzr >> too and so will beneficiate the makepkg functionality to update to the >> last repository version. >> >> Another package needs the bindings, but as it is the functionnality >> that are needed and not a particular way of obtention, I think it is >> better to request python-poppler. So, for the requirement to be >> installed automatically, it is better for the package to be named >> python-poppler. >> >> Finally, it could be great if the package python-poppler was >> redirected to python-poppler-bzr. And if a stable packaged version of >> the software arise, the two packages could be dissociated >> transparently. >> >> Is it possible ? >> >> Cilyan >> > > "man PKGBUILD" and look at provides. Probably want to set conflicts too. > > Allan > > >
