Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Eduardo Machado via arch-general
Thanks for all your thoughts. it will help me try something to better maintain my boxes.

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Tinu Weber
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 15:32:35 -0500, Kyle wrote: > I can see a > whole lot of other explicitly installed packages as well as packages that > are installed as build dependencies that would also be removed using this > method, which is unacceptable at least on my system. If you don't want package

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Maarten de Vries via arch-general
On 14 February 2018 at 21:32, Kyle wrote: > Maarten de Vries ALIANDIKA: > # ​pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qqdt​) > > Unfortunately this will break my system. It's trying to remove git for one > thing, which is definitely something I need. Not to mention that I > installed git explicitly, so pacman defini

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Wes Barnett
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 03:32:35PM -0500, Kyle wrote: > Maarten de Vries ALIANDIKA: > # ​pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qqdt​) > > Unfortunately this will break my system. It's trying to remove git for one > thing, which is definitely something I need. Not to mention that I installed > git explicitly, so pa

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Kyle
Maarten de Vries ALIANDIKA: # ​pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qqdt​) Unfortunately this will break my system. It's trying to remove git for one thing, which is definitely something I need. Not to mention that I installed git explicitly, so pacman definitely shouldn't be removing it. I can see a whole lo

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Maarten de Vries via arch-general
On 14 February 2018 at 19:35, Eduardo Machado via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > 2018-02-10 1:55 GMT-02:00 Doug Newgard via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org>: > > > Not gremlins, just an old package that never got cleaned out. Pacman > > doesn't do > > this automati

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-14 Thread Eduardo Machado via arch-general
2018-02-10 1:55 GMT-02:00 Doug Newgard via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org>: > Not gremlins, just an old package that never got cleaned out. Pacman > doesn't do > this automatically. > Sorry to hijack this trhead, but so that pacman does not clean automagically this kind of packages. W

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/09/2018 09:55 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 21:54:10 -0600 > "David C. Rankin" wrote: > >> On 02/09/2018 09:49 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: >>> It no longer exists in the repos. You have nothing depending on it. It's >>> causing you problems. The

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-general
On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 21:54:10 -0600 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > On 02/09/2018 09:49 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > > It no longer exists in the repos. You have nothing depending on it. It's > > causing you problems. The solution seems obvious. > > Obvious solution applied, (pacman -R

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/09/2018 09:49 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > It no longer exists in the repos. You have nothing depending on it. It's > causing you problems. The solution seems obvious. Obvious solution applied, (pacman -R libxfont), update proceeded normally, gremlins? Sorry for the noise...

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-general
On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 21:46:43 -0600 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > On 02/09/2018 09:17 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:53:01 -0600 > > "David C. Rankin" wrote: > > > >> All, > >> > >> Attempting to upgrade tonight I am met with a fontsproto breaks > >> dependen

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/09/2018 09:17 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:53:01 -0600 > "David C. Rankin" wrote: > >> All, >> >> Attempting to upgrade tonight I am met with a fontsproto breaks dependency >> 'fontsproto>=2.1.3' error and pacman quits. Is this a repo-sync issue or is

Re: [arch-general] libxfont: removing fontsproto breaks dependency 'fontsproto>=2.1.3'

2018-02-09 Thread Doug Newgard via arch-general
On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:53:01 -0600 "David C. Rankin" wrote: > All, > > Attempting to upgrade tonight I am met with a fontsproto breaks dependency > 'fontsproto>=2.1.3' error and pacman quits. Is this a repo-sync issue or is > this a bug? > It's neither. Why do you still have libxfont instal