add --overwrite option to ignore file conflicts

Allows for safer, more fine-grained control for overwriting files than
--force's all-or-nothing approach.

Implements FS#31549.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.h b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
index 223eac12..115c3481 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct __alpm_handle_t {
 	char *gpgdir;            /* Directory where GnuPG files are stored */
 	alpm_list_t *cachedirs;  /* Paths to pacman cache directories */
 	alpm_list_t *hookdirs;   /* Paths to hook directories */
+	alpm_list_t *overwrite_files; /* Paths that may be overwritten */
 
 	/* package lists */
 	alpm_list_t *noupgrade;   /* List of packages NOT to be upgraded */