Thanks Xiao-Long. I'll keep the `-dd` option in mind next time I encounter this problem.
On the note of leaving a comment on AUR page - how do you even register an account there? Cheers, Xav 2012/3/20 小龙 陈 <[email protected]> > Yeah, that would be a problem in the packages then. There shouldn't be > circular dependencies. Maybe you can leave a comment on AUR page about this. > > You don't necessarily need to alter the PKGBUILD's. If you add '-dd' to > the pacman command arguments, it will ignore dependency issues, like > 'pacman -Udd nvidia-bumblebee-295.20-1.pkg.tar.xz'. The dependency loop > only lasts until both packages are installed anyway. > > Regards, > Xiao-Long Chen > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:36 +1000 > Subject: Re: [aur-general] xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in > conflict (nvidia-utils<=290.10) > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > Hello, > > Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried it, and I got: > > loading packages... > resolving dependencies... > looking for inter-conflicts... > error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) > :: nvidia-bumblebee: requires nvidia-utils-bumblebee=290.10 > > So I thought, all right, I'll update nvidia-bumblebee. However, the > update has: > > depends=('linux' "nvidia-utils-bumblebee>=${pkgver}") > > which fails the installation because my nvidia-utils-bumblebee is still at > 290.xx. I hacked the PKGBUILD to be able to install it: > > depends=('linux' "nvidia-utils-bumblebee>=290.00") > > Otherwise it would raise an inter-conflict and fail. This isn't exactly > clean. > > Cheers, > Xav > > > > 2012/3/20 小龙 陈 <[email protected]> > > The new xorg-server conflicts with nvidia-utils(-bumblebee) <= version > 290.10. > The current version of nvidia-utils(-bumblebee) is 295.20. Just install > the new > version from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50025 > > Hope this helps! > Xiao-Long Chen > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:46:25 +1000 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [aur-general] xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in > conflict (nvidia-utils<=290.10) > > > > > Hello all, > > > > With the recent repo update for libgl, I wasn't able to perform a full > > system upgrade (pacman -Syu) without uninstalling nvidia-utils-bumblebee. > > > > resolving dependencies... > > warning: dependency cycle detected: > > warning: udev will be installed before its util-linux dependency > > looking for inter-conflicts... > > :: xorg-server and nvidia-uti ls-bumblebee are in conflict > (nvidia-utils). > > > Remove nvidia-utils-bumblebee? [y/N] > > error: unresolvable package conflicts detected > > error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) > > :: xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in conflict > > (nvidia-utils<=290.10) > > > > I'm using a Acer 1215N EeePC, which requires the bumblebee project to > > utilise my discrete graphics hardware. > > > > The comments on nvidia-utils-bumblebee suggests that this was a problem > > before, but I've only encountered it now with the updates last week: > > > > Comment by: der_fenix on Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:34:15 +0000 > > > New xorg-server in testing availible. Got conflict > > > nvidia-utils-bumblebee and xorg-server conflicts (nvidia-utils=290.10) > > > Need fix > > > > > > > > > > > > Comment by: Svenstaro on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:26:31 +0000 > > > Just rebuild the package manually. > > > First Submitted: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:55:37 +0000 > > > > > > How could I go around or fix this problem? > > > > Cheers, > > Xav > > >
