On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Martin Cigorraga <msx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ~# pacman -Syu > ... > ... > (6/6) checking package integrity > [---------------------------------------] 100% > (6/6) loading package files > [---------------------------------------] 100% > (6/6) checking for file conflicts > [---------------------------------------] 100% > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) > dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. > ~ # > > I presume in this case is safe to -f, I can rename the conflicting package > too, but I would like to know how's the right way to proceed here. Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force. If you DO use force, what will happen is that the the conflicting file will be owned by both packages, and when systemd-arch-units gets updated in the future to remove the file, the files will be deleted from your system. -t
