On Friday 10 July 2009 10:06:41 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > On Friday 10 July 2009 09:55:40 pm David C. Rankin wrote: > > listmates, > > > > Attempted update yields libtiff dependency problem: > > > > [21:52 alchemy:/home/david] # pacman -Sy -u > > :: Synchronizing package databases... > > kde-unstable is up to date > > kdemod-legacy is up to date > > core is up to date > > extra is up to date > > community is up to date > > archlinuxfr is up to date > > :: Starting full system upgrade... > > :: Replace phonon with kde-unstable/qt? [Y/n] Y > > resolving dependencies... > > error: cannot resolve "libtiff>=3.8.2-5", a dependency of "qt" > > error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) > > :: qt: requires libtiff>=3.8.2-5 > > > > > > The problem is that libtiff-3.8.2-5 is still in testing, but qt that has been moved to the normal repositories is claiming it as a dependency > > Three Broken Dependencies in all: 22:17 alchemy:~> ls -1 archlinux/install/*gz archlinux/install/libjpeg-7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz archlinux/install/libmng-1.0.10-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz archlinux/install/libtiff-3.8.2-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz Installing libjpeg, libmng and libtiff from testing with pacman -U then allows a system update to proceed normally. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com