On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 04:20:36PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > After working through the glibc update on several boxes, there should be a > _note_ added to the wiki. You should check the ownership of files in /lib > _before_ attempting any part of the latest update with: > > $ find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- {} + > > You will need to rebuild _all_ custom packages _before_ issuing: > > # pacman -Syu --ignore glibc > > Or you will be left _unable_ to rebuild the packages until you have finished > the update due to the state of your system after pacman -Syu --ignore glibc. > > I know most of you know this, but for anyone who simply follows the wiki and > gets to "Issue 2: The final "pacman -Su" still has conflicts in /lib" -- it will > be too late at that point. At this point, just complete the update by whatever > means necessary to get the remaining non-glibc owned files out of /lib, complete > the update, then rebuild what you need. > > I didn't add the note to the wiki. I can, but don't want to do so until > getting any feedback here. > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > I missed your part about rebuilding before doing pacman -Syu --ignore glibc, that should be unnecessary as the files will be available in /usr/lib