On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:52:08PM +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > On 9 July 2012 16:49, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tom, All, > > > > I ran into the following error regarding util-linux upgrade. I've looked > > in the forum and the website, but nothing specific to it. The error is: > > > > (72/72) checking for file conflicts > > [###########################################] 100% > > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) > > util-linux: /bin/login exists in filesystem > > > [...] > > Check the ArchLinux ARM forum: > > http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3036&p=18467 > > where filesystem upgrade is suggested: > > pacman -Syuf > > But, I'd wait until someone confirms it is the right way to go. > > Best regards, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net never -Syuf never -Suf never force an upgrade if anything you can do -Sf for one package at a time... but _do not_ for an upgrade. It will cause problems when you have upgrades like when pam had the stuff that is in pambase... pambase was installed and took control of the files in /etc/pam.d then when pambase upgraded, it removed those file, causeing sudo to not work and making it so the user couldn't login
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