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Dependency checks skip not working in pacman when `pacman -Udd package.pkg.tar`

I have Arch Linux with package babel-cli installed (this package conflicts with package openbabel, which is NOT installed).

I write custom PKGBUILD:

pkgname=openbabel-fake
pkgver=9.99
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Fake package, that provides openbabel"
arch=('x86_64')
provides=(openbabel)

Then I run makepkg and get file openbabel-fake-9.99-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.

Then I try to install this package via pacman -Udd openbabel-fake-9.99-1-x86_64.pkg.tar and get error, that packages openbabel-fake and babel-cli conflicts. From man pacman:

    -d, --nodeps
       Skips dependency version checks.
       ...
       Specify this option twice to skip all dependency checks.

How can I install openbabel-fake-9.99-1-x86_64.pkg.tar without getting error about conflicts?

Solution

  • I never processed that kind of strange manipulation but what I can say,

    If you don't run makepkg without :

    -d, --nodeps Skip all dependency checks

    then the compiled package will always check dependency (in my opinion)

    So if you do:

    makepkg -d

    then

    pacman -U *.xz

    should work.