On 2 March 2015 17:35:10 GMT+05:30, LoneVVolf <[email protected]> wrote: >On 02-03-15 10:54, Florian Bruhin wrote: >> * gt <[email protected]> [2015-03-02 15:11:45 +0530]: >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I maintain a package dex-editor-git in the AUR. It was recently >reported to me that it conflicts with a package named dex present in >the community repository. >>> >>> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dex-editor-git/ >>> >>> The conflicting files are /usr/bin/dex and >/usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz >>> >>> Both packages are unrelated so I believe putting *dex* in the >conflicts array isn't right. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this, short of renaming the >files? >> I don't think there's anything you can do, except conflicting or >> renaming. >> >> IMHO, renaming the files (e.g. to dex-editor or dexedit or so) would >> be the better way to solve this. >> >> Florian >> >I also feel renaming the files is the best solution from a packager' >pov. >It would be good if you alerted dex-editor author to the existence of >the other dex project.
Hi guys, I opened a request at dex editor's issue tracker regarding renaming. Here's the link for those interested. https://github.com/tihirvon/dex/issues/26
