On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Uli Armbruster <uli.armbruster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * 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 Updated lib32-glibc in [multilib-testing]. Just install glibc last. $ pacman -Syu --ignore glibc $ pacman -S glibc
