Hi Just done a "pacman -Syu" i get the following error below is there a recomended way around the problem of var/lock and var/run is it safe to delete them to update . resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (6): filesystem-2012.6-2 git-1.7.10.4-1 icu-49.1.2-1 krb5-1.10.2-1 libsystemd-185-1 systemd-tools-185-1 Total Installed Size: 49.60 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.25 MiB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (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) filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.3.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 22 00:26:26 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux