Bug 336590

Summary:	file collision between x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.2-r and x11-drivers/synaptics-0.14.6
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Trevor Bowen <m27315>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2008.0
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Trevor Bowen 2010-09-09 13:04:28 UTC

I am upgrading to xorg-server-1.8, and in the process, I am trying to pull in x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics for my laptop.  However, I am running into this file collision error:

 * Detected file collision(s):
 * 
 *      /usr/share/man/man1/synclient.1.bz2
 *      /usr/share/man/man1/syndaemon.1.bz2
 *      /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
 *      /usr/bin/syndaemon
 *      /usr/bin/synclient
 * 
 * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
 * 
 * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
 * 
 * x11-drivers/synaptics-0.14.6
 *      /usr/bin/synclient
 *      /usr/bin/syndaemon
 *      /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
 *      /usr/share/man/man1/synclient.1.bz2
 *      /usr/share/man/man1/syndaemon.1.bz2

I have been able to move past this by simply uninstalling synaptics, like so:

emerge -C x11-drivers/synaptics

Should this be handled as a "blocker" or "update" instead?

Thanks!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2010-09-10 12:29:30 UTC

x11-drivers/synaptics is not in portage and has not been for a year. At some point the blockers will be removed and users who do not update for that long will have to solve problems themselves.