On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:26:33 -0500 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On 2023-12-24 at 00:03:35 +0000, > pete <petegn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi Folks > > strange one here had an update fail a few weeks ago cleared all the fails > > apart from this lot > > > > > > > > could not get file information for > > usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libsvn/_ra.so > > could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/ warning: > > could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc > > warning: could not get file information for > > usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.pyc warning: could not > > get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/_apply_pyprojecttoml.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc > > warning: could not get file information for > > usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/_apply_pyprojecttoml.cpython-311.pyc warning: > > could not get file information for usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/expand.cpython-311.opt-1.pyc > > warning: could not get file information for > > usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/set > > uptools/config/__pycache__/expand.cpython-311.pyc > > > > plus more all the packages that are complained about are present and seem > > to be complete . > > > > I am at a loss as to where to go next any help appreciated > > > > Happy Christmas to all hope 2024 is vastly better than 2023 has been > > > > Cheers Pete . > > One thing that jumps out at me is that all of those paths are > *relative*. I don't have any idea what "an update" looks like, let > alone what "an update fail," but I might suspect that some environment > variable that should be absolute (PATH? PYTHONPATH? PYTHONSTARTUP?) is > actually relative (or empty or even entirely unset). > > An actual log and/or error messages from the failed update would be > informative. What kind of OS is it? What kind of installation failed? > Again, actual commands and copied/pasted output from your terminal are > the best. > > Those paths also make me think that you're talking about the system > Python (as opposed to something you installed locally under your home > directory). What happens if you uninstall it and reinstall it? > > Good luck. Yes the system Python . It was a Normal " pacman -Syu" that failed it seems althou it did not seem to fail i had a load of issues had to boot off the install dvd mount the system on that rebuild the kernel qt stuff huge list now it is just this python i have tried reinstalling to no avail Pete