On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 04:20:36PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
After working through the glibc update on several boxes, there should be a _note_ added to the wiki. You should check the ownership of files in /lib _before_ attempting any part of the latest update with:
$ find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- {} +
You will need to rebuild _all_ custom packages _before_ issuing:
# pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
Or you will be left _unable_ to rebuild the packages until you have finished the update due to the state of your system after pacman -Syu --ignore glibc.
I know most of you know this, but for anyone who simply follows the wiki and gets to "Issue 2: The final "pacman -Su" still has conflicts in /lib" -- it will be too late at that point. At this point, just complete the update by whatever means necessary to get the remaining non-glibc owned files out of /lib, complete the update, then rebuild what you need.
I didn't add the note to the wiki. I can, but don't want to do so until getting any feedback here.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Is that not what it says? It already says "These packages need rebuilding so as not to include the /lib directory. Then the final "pacman -Su" will successfully install glibc." I don't see any reason that after reading that it wouldn't be clear