On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:27:35 +0200 Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> wrote:
Hm.... how did /lib end up as a symlink to /usr/lib without those files being owned by glibc? Did you just copy it over manually and create the link yourself?
-t
Right after much faffing about i now have the box back to # pacman -Qo /lib/* /lib/ld-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libanl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libanl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libc-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcidn-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcidn.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcrypt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libcrypt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libc.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libdl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libdl.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libm-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libmemusage.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libm.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnsl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnsl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_compat.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_db-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_db.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_dns.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_files-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_files.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libnss_nis.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpcprofile.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpthread-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libpthread.so.0 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libresolv-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libresolv.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/librt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/librt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libSegFault.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libthread_db-1.0.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libthread_db.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libutil-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 /lib/libutil.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1 and grep '^lib/' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files | grep -v glibc returns nothing at all so now how do i get to install the new glibc all i get right now is error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) 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 glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_files.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nis.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libpcprofile.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libpthread-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libresolv-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/librt-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/librt.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libthread_db-1.0.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1 exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libutil-2.16.so exists in filesystem glibc: /usr/lib/libutil.so.1 exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.4.4-3-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 3 14:36:44 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux