Re: [arch-haskell] ghc: /usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hslogo-16.png exists in filesystem

2012/10/18 Mateusz Loskot

On 13 October 2012 11:20, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

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mloskot ~ $ sudo pacman -Syu ... error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) ghc: /usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hslogo-16.png exists in filesystem ghc: /usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/synopsis.png exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

We've diverted the thread a little bit from my original question which seems still unanswered yet.

Does it mean currently there is no reliable cure for the update problem?

Now I updated to ghc-7.6 and the method I already exposed just worked. 1. pacman -Rcs ghc 2. rm -r /usr/share/doc/ghc 3. pacman -S ghc cabal-install haskell-whatever Those file wasn't in any package before, so point 2 is mandatory. I also agree that deinstallling and reinstalling everything Haskell-related is very bad, but this is far more comfortable than using cabal and having 10 versions of every package installed (and likely broken). As Haskell programs are statically compiled, I really don't see the point in using such a tool like hsenv. I stick with the archhaskell system. Just my humble opinion, Fabio