pacman -Syu FAILS - hwinfo: /sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)

["David C. Rankin via arch-general" <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,


  There is a package problem with hwinfo. Attempting a system update results in:

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
 perl-xml-writer-0.625-7-any
 perl-xml-writer-0.625-7-any is up to date(0/3) checking keys in keyring
                                  [--(3/3) checking keys in keyring
                             [######################################] 100%
(3/3) checking package integrity
[######################################] 100%
(3/3) loading package files
[######################################] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts
[######################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
hwinfo: /sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.



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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.