Mimelnks -a real pain.

[Christoph Thiel]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 10:09:22AM -0200, Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) wrote:
> Em Qui, 2006-11-23 às 11:19 +1030, Brian escreveu:
> 
> > error: file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/x-mplayer2.desktop from
> > install of kdelibs3-3.5.5-45.2 conflicts with file from package
> > kaffeine-0.7.1-3
> 
> This is a packaging issue.
> 
> You should ask for support on your distribution mailing list.
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> BTW, 'rpm --force' would make it work, but it's not the best solution.

Using 

  smart install -o rpm-force=true <yourpackage>

works around this problem. But as Mauricio told you, it's a packaging bug.


Best,
Christoph