* Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> [07.07.2012 15:55]: > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I upgraded a few minutes ago my archlinux + testing installation. As I > > cannot install glibc (because of some AUR software which had links or > > binary in /lib), I made the mistake of forcing installation. My system > > is dead. I will try repairing using archboot on an USB key. > > This is expected behavior. It is good you mention this on the list, to > remind everyone that you should never use --force unless you really, > really know exactly what is going to happen. > > In this case glibc moved from /lib to /usr/lib. The upgrade should > have replaced /lib by a symlink to /usr/lib. This is necessary to make > the linker keep working. However, since you had some stuff from AUR > still in /lib this did not work. The correct solution would have been > to move that stuff out of the way, so that the upgrade could continue > normally. > > Since you used --force, however, pacman ignored the fact that the > symlink could not be created and basically hosed your system. > > It should be simple enough to fix though: mount your root from a > rescue system, empty /lib manually and replace it with a symlink to > /usr/lib. Assuming I guessed correctly at what exactly happened that > is. > > Cheers, > > Tom I have the same problem, but I didn't force the update :) Here's what pacman spits out :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (2): Name Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size glibc 2.16.0-1 2.16.0-2 0.00 MiB lib32-glibc 2.16.0-1 2.16.0-2 -0.18 MiB Total Installed Size: 51.95 MiB Net Upgrade Size: -0.19 MiB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking package integrity [-------------------------------------] 100% (2/2) loading package files [-------------------------------------] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [-------------------------------------] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) glibc: /lib exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. So, looks like there's AUR-stuff in /lib, but I also get the following # for i in /lib/*;do pacman -Qo $i;done /lib/ld-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is owned by lib32-glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libSegFault.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libanl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libanl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libc-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libc.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcidn-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcidn.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcrypt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcrypt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libdl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libdl.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libm-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libm.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libmemusage.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnsl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnsl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_compat.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_db-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_db.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_dns.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_files-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_files.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nis.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpcprofile.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpthread-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpthread.so.0 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libresolv-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libresolv.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/librt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/librt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libthread_db-1.0.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libthread_db.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libutil-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libutil.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 Is this caused by the fact that there are two packages with files in /lib ? How can I solve this problem? Is it ok this time to force the update? I _could_ remove lib32-glibc first, run the update and then reinstall my lib32 stuff, since I don't have much lib32 stuff installed. But I think for many people this isn't an option! That's why I'm asking here. Best Army
