Hi . Well i have followed the the info on the arch site but still can not upgrade glibc i get this error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) glibc: /lib exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/ld-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libSegFault.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libanl-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libanl.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libc-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libcidn-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libcidn.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libcrypt-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libdl-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libm-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libm.so.6 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libmemusage.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnsl-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_compat.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_db-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_db.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_dns.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_files-2.16.so exists in filesystem Plus a few more how do i get round this please it is also preventing Claws-Mail from sending mail Thanks .. Pete .