On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:27:04 -0400 > Genes MailLists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 07/12/2012 04:35 PM, Cody Maloney wrote: >> > I just managed to hit it on one of my arch boxes: >> > >> > (24/26) upgrading util-linux >> > >> > [########################################################################################] >> > 100% >> > rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/hwclock’: No such file or directory >> > error: command failed to execute correctly >> > >> >> Me too - same error on all my boxes - however the package was installed >> fine anyway. >> >> gene >> > > You probably had nothing in /var/lib/hwclock, so pacman removed the directory > upon update. However, util-linux.install again tried to remove it via rmdir > which, of course, failed. > > So, the error is a harmless packaging bug... > > -- > Leonid Isaev > GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D > Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D Thanks Allan, and everyone else, for the report. I missed that obvious case. Will sort it out. -t
