[oe] proper way to report(?) conflicting files being installed?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Ross Burton wrote:

> On 19/03/2020 17:32, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >>    this does seem backwards ... if both gnome-common and
> >> autoconf-archive currently try to install those two m4-related files,
> >> doing the above pretty much *assures* an installation conflict,
> >> ...
> >
> > No, --with-autoconf-archive makes gnome-common not install the
> > conflicting files.
>
> I should point out that gnome-common is dead upstream and mostly
> unused now, so if you find a recipe using it do check that it is
> actually needed.

  in fact, just earlier this aft, i sent the short note, "um ...
what are you doing that needs that gnome-common thing?"

  i await the reply.

rday