On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Louis Brazeau <lbrazeau@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> wrote:
From this, either "xorg-twm" or "inputproto" would be next in the targets list, meaning pacman might be failing on one of those...
-Dan
Ok, got it! It's "xorg-twm" that is causing the problem :
# pacman -Sp xorg-twm resolving dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
(Thank's to Raeven for suggesting the -p)
I have removed this package :
# pacman -R xorg-twm checking dependencies... warning: /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc saved as /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc.pacsave (1/1) removing xorg-twm [############################################################] 100%
But now pacman -Syu stops a little further with the same error. This time it seems to be "xcb-util" that is the culprit :
# pacman -Sp xcb-util resolving dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
I don't get it. I update my system every week or so and everything was going fine. I don't understand why it seems so mixed up. If I do :
# pacman -Ss xorg-twm extra/xorg-twm 1.0.4-2
It looks like "xorg-twm" is a valid package. How come I can't install it?
# pacman -S xorg-twm resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
I am greatfull for all of you guys help (even though I'm more confused than at the beginning :)
Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm? How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided: find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;