On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 22:27 +0200, b1 wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 21:06 +0200, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: > > On 30.07.2010 21:00, b1 wrote: > > > Hey alltogether > > > > > > Unfortunatelly I ran into some really strange pacman problem. While > > > performing an normal system update, my computer froze (due to some > > > incorrect overclocking settings). After correcting the settings and > > > rebooting, I tried to run the Upgrade again, and got this (after > > > manually removing the lock file): > > > > > > error: segmentation fault > > > Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault. > > > Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate. > > > > > > Afterwards I ran the pacman with --debug switch. Since the ouptut is > > > rather long, I have attached it to the end of the mail. > > > > > > Unfortunatelly, gdb wasn't very helpfull, just showing > > > 0x00007ffff78d8c96 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > > > > If any one has any idea of how to replace the broken pacman with a new > > > pacman or of how to fix this issue, I would greatly appreciate to hear > > > from you. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Benedikt > > > > > You should try to manually get the package from the ftp, unpack it and > > overwrite the pacman binary manually. Then perform a full system > > reinstallation using pacman -Sy $(pacman -Qq) since you cannot know > > whether other binaries are also affected. > > > > -- Sven-Hendrik > > Thanks for your reply, especially for the reinstallation of all > packages. I wouldn't have thought of that. However unfortunatelly the > problem persists. pacman -Syu produces the exactly same output as > before. However based on your suggestions I ran the following commands > after replacing the pacman binary... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > sudo pacman -U > ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/pacman-3.4.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz > pacman-3.4.0-2-x86_64 658.3K 335.7K/s 00:00:02 > [######################] 100% > resolving dependencies... > looking for inter-conflicts... > > Targets (1): pacman-3.4.0-2 > > Total Download Size: 0.00 MB > Total Installed Size: 2.23 MB > > Proceed with installation? [Y/n] > checking package integrity... > (1/1) checking for file conflicts > [######################] 100% > (1/1) upgrading pacman > [######################] 100% > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > b1 ~: sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Qq) > warning: a52dec-0.7.4-4 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: aalib-1.4rc5-6 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: abs-2.3.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: acl-2.2.49-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: alacarte-0.13.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: alsa-lib-1.0.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: alsa-plugins-1.0.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: alsa-utils-1.0.23-2 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: apache-2.2.15-2 is up to date -- reinstalling > [...] > warning: zenity-2.30.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: zlib-1.2.5-2 is up to date -- reinstalling > warning: zvbi-0.2.33-2 is up to date -- reinstalling > error: segmentation fault > Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault. > Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > b1 ~: sudo pacman -Syu:: Synchronizing package databases... > core is up to date > extra is up to date > community is up to date > :: Starting full system upgrade... > warning: evolution: local (2.31.2-1) is newer than extra (2.30.2-1) > warning: evolution-data-server: local (2.31.2-1) is newer than extra > (2.30.2.1-1) > warning: gtkhtml: local (3.31.2-1) is newer than extra (3.30.2-1) > error: segmentation fault > Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault. > Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Benedikt > Sorry for posting again, but I had the idea of checking whether aurbuild would be working. However it doesn't. It tells me: aurbuild -s vlc-pulse [...] - pkgconfig: missing [M] list index out of range I dont know, but could this be related? I definitely have pkg-config installed (double checked it). Thanks for every hint Benedikt
