On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Martti Kühne <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Jesse Juhani Jaara > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't really think so. Atleast libav-git works well and doesn't break >> a single package I have in my systems and I don't think ffmpeg-git does >> eather. Same goes for the other git stuff too. >> > > Any references on why and how this is even possible to do? It is > neither safe nor sane. > > cheers! > mar77i
Why: Because some people want/need git packages and don't want to install it in /usr/local or want it managed by pacman. How: Just install the -git library. If the PKGBUILD is correctly written, it will conflict with the regular package and act as it provides it. JL
