Hi, I added core/filesystem to the Ignore= field in pacman.conf. How will affect my system wait for the next package release while keep updating the rest of packages as usual? Thanks! 2010/12/18, Martín Cigorraga <martosurf7600@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2010/12/18 Dave Reisner <d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 05:14:45PM -0300, Martín Cigorraga wrote: >> > Dear devs, guys: >> > >> > I've been struggling for the past three days trying to find what was >> > breaking >> > makepkg [0] script and preventing Firefox to launch. Thanks I do weekly >> > backups of my system I found after trial & error -updating one package >> > at >> a >> > time- the responsable is the core/filesystem package. >> > Is anyone else suffering this? I already tried to look for info in >> > www.archlinux.org/packages but it's not listed there. >> > Should I open a new ticket at the bugtracker? >> > >> > Thanks for any advice. >> > >> > >> > 0. Here are some logs: >> > makepkg output after installing new filesystem 2010.12-1: >> > http://aur.pastebin.com/VzRUu6yN >> > /etc/makepkg.conf (untouched): http://aur.pastebin.com/RnqjbYaX >> > last pacman's log with filesystem 2010.12-1 package installed: >> > http://aur.pastebin.com/rZtXgifP >> >> Looks to me like the errors are related to yaourt. makepkg doesn't built >> in /tmp unless you explicitly tell it to. >> >> Make sure /tmp is set with permission 1777 >> >> d >> > > > Thanks for your quick answer. > > @cantabile, @Dave > Since I didn't upgraded core/filesystem package I have no issues with > makepkg and FF. > > In fact I already installed Dropbox by downloading the PKGBUILD > and the rest of the files and running makepkg as usual and even up- > dated aur/calibre-bzr and bleachbit-svn with yaourt without problems. > > The problem here is the core/filesystem package that somehow mess > my system rendering FF and makepkg unusable - either way makepkg is > invoked, via CLI or thru a pacman wrapper like yaourt). > > Regarding the 'missing' package I was talking about core/filesystem. > When I said I didn't find the package in www.archlinux.org/packages > I was talking about core/filesystem which I tried to find with the > x86_64 filter - my bad, I apologize for that. > The package of course is located here: > http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/filesystem/ > > My desire when mailing to the list was to know if anyone else were expe- > rimenting the same issue as I. > Just a crazy though: can this be a permissions issue? > > What have me so lost is why I'm experimenting this because so far I never > had any problems in so much time updating the whole system everyday > or at least every other day. As a plus, despite a bunch of AUR packages > (yes, I know what that implies but I check everyone of them carefully > before install'em) I try to keep my system as much as standard and vanilla > as possible since I use my Arch for everyday job so please discard thinking > of any obscure changes I could have done. > > Thanks again for your time =) >