-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/12 15:34, John Briggs wrote: > General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 03:41:08PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote: >>> pacman -Su >>> >> >> Not OK: >> >>> [root@shack n7dr]# pacman -Su :: Starting full system >>> upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for >>> inter-conflicts... >>> >>> Targets (1): glibc-2.16.0-2 >>> >>> Total Installed Size: 33.94 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.83 >>> MiB >>> >>> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking package >>> integrity >>> [##########################################################################################] >>> 100% (1/1) loading package files >>> [##########################################################################################] >>> 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts >>> [##########################################################################################] >>> 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) >>> glibc: /lib exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages >>> were upgraded. [root@shack n7dr]# > > After much investigation the only workaround for this problem I > could discover and I have used on my three computers this week is: > > system reboot : updates system with new packages. This : step is > critical or you could end up with : a borked system > > # pacman -Sfu : This forces the loading of glibc-2.16.0-2 : but > errors out because /lib directory exists ignore errors : on the > system. > > # /usr/lib/ld-2.16.0.so /bin/rm -r /lib > > # /usr/lib/ld-2.16.0.so /bin/ln -s /usr/lib /lib > > system reboot > > DANGER: If the above procedure is not followed exactly you can bork > your system and it will need a complete rebuild. An other > workaround is: > > # system reboot > > # pacman -Sfu > > Ignore errors use a live CD/USB and boot Linux. # mkdir /archroot > > # mount /dev/xxxx /archroot : where xxxx is the root partition > > # cd /archroot > > /archroot]# rm -r lib > > /archroot]# ln -s usr/lib ./lib > > system reboot > > HTH > > John > > PS: I have not read the complete thread so I do not know if someone > else has already offered these solutions. JEB > You're using some tricks I didn't know about (there are, I'm sure, lots in that category), but I don't see how this procedure addresses the problem of other packages having files in /lib. - -- David Benfell benfell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQCxrjAAoJELT202JKF+xpmCEP+wTlt5/a3ZRgtZT+1/ZsBT97 XNFK4QTOaq3bb+kHO1pMkarvq3e52GoSIMGysqRSWAhiqeZ40aOwqDcpUmdpB7VM fqLeY/0izJmR9lsbSAKiyH3JvjzdcLUdR/qJnTkihOY+MzO9QwOtNrn+QzoT26yo +SJvoDGPjOisgL+sPuK8QfZP1ET4Avu4xxI7bv+kGAJj6QNLvMf5Kj30GF1d8a0/ F0cxKRV55cR9pthTx9SLceOhyB/IPMWQBfj7Ng2ONXoJpkQF5+/3BahDBjXV5h9R c5zlNt0nC8ckucyGcstVq9eKCIAfrBxtq+k995Ty6ZQEJfwUnTRYkU61YeN4NZxT olMIWMbqyF5YnaEDEsQ75x1m/9BwVz4c2HDs7Exe6yCk3+HNGN4opTjyU7n62zvl CWu/UFzoU+TcmsqBK7tklE1R7JdwjY8z/zVRHl8cL+kw/PM2yJqZxnuVjTv2vGDL x0fc8MFGpa0HGdBmOP0IqglbW6AzqY89TXiG1prhGAzUZFAsqSgAAkK1isIwKa1P 4msQz/9KGftEjIEtUTXJ4GqCc02HTHYM4bJno0d47EA2bJNnkoFGvNkYKc00eFxE Zf6I+pkd/6RQTa3vixMsFTVV+TgZb1CIqg91rrDYfdxv/ICKqoGSUTsLuEt7QSXd yf6dLhAvtCh4cH2dRiqK =R7sP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
