On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Trying to do a complete system update, I get: > > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) > cups: /etc/cups/printers.conf exists in filesystem > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. > > Certainly that file does exist, it probably has to > in order to make my printer work. > > But why > > - is this an 'error' > - does it block the update > > ??? > > And > > - What do I have to do to enable the system update ? > > And > > maybe pacman could be a bit more informative in such cases ? > > Ciao, Please see the front page news. There are instructions regarding the CUPS update. :)