On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:49:46 -0500 "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 > util-linux: /etc/pam.d/chfn exists in filesystem > util-linux: /etc/pam.d/chsh exists in filesystem > util-linux: /etc/pam.d/login exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/bin/chfn exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/bin/chsh exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/bin/newgrp exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/sbin/vigr exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/sbin/vipw exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/chfn.1.gz exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/chsh.1.gz exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/login.1.gz exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man1/newgrp.1.gz exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man8/vigr.8.gz exists in filesystem > util-linux: /usr/share/man/man8/vipw.8.gz exists in filesystem > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. > > Is this safe to force? I ask because I don't want to kill login by > forcing if there is a preferred way to do this.... What say the experts? Hmm.. pacman should have taken care of this automatically. Do: pacman -Sy && pacman -Su --ignore util-linux,shadow && pacman -S shadow util-linux. If the last call fails, use --force. /bin/login was owned by shadow. Now it is owned why util-linux. Apparently utils-linux is tried first, that's why the update fails. > > (this has happened on all my boxes..) > > -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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