[arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

Grant McDuling

14 Dec 2011 14 Dec '11

3:52 a.m.

I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files).initscripts: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh exists in filesystem. Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. What do you suggest? Grant McDuling Writer http://www.amazon.com/Grant-McDuling/e/B004UTH35M

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Pham Bao Trung

14 Dec 14 Dec

3:56 a.m.

Read this http://www.archlinux.org/news/initscripts-update-manual-intervention-require... On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files).initscripts: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh exists in filesystem. Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

What do you suggest?

Grant McDuling Writer

http://www.amazon.com/Grant-McDuling/e/B004UTH35M

-- God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ~Jacques Deval Probability does not exist. ~Bruno de Finetti Brian: "Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!" ~Monty Python, "The Life of Brian"

Grant McDuling

4:05 a.m.

Thanks Pham, Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it? Many thanks Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Pham Bao Trung

4:09 a.m.

if you use sudo: sudo rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh if not: rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh Your books are cool :)) On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham,

Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it?

Many thanks

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling <

mcduling@optusnet.com.au>wrote:

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I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says:

Checking

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package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Grant McDuling

4:29 a.m.

Thanks Pham, worked beautifully. Grant On 14/12/2011, at 1:05 PM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham,

Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it?

Many thanks

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Brandon Betances

4:41 a.m.

Might I suggest (to the OP) the IRC channels and the forum as places to go to get help for things like this? No sense cluttering up the mailing list with fairly irrelevant questions. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham, worked beautifully.

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 1:05 PM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham,

Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it?

Many thanks

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling <

mcduling@optusnet.com.au>wrote:

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I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well

with

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...
all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Ralf Mardorf

5:14 a.m.

-----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org on behalf of Brandon Betances Sent: Wed 12/14/2011 04:41 To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction Might I suggest (to the OP) the IRC channels and the forum as places to go to get help for things like this? No sense cluttering up the mailing list with fairly irrelevant questions. +++ There should be a mailing list for every question. --- On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham, worked beautifully.

+++ Even if everything is beautyful now, it can't harm to make a file called /etc/locale.conf and to add your local to this file. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale.conf - Ralf

Pham Bao Trung

4:41 a.m.

If you want to get almost instant reponds, you can visit IRC channel #archlinux on freenode. There are many Arch geeks on that channel, who can answer questions with any levels of difficulty but remember not to ask so simple questions because some guys there are pretty unfriendly to newbie questions. Anyway welcome on board. Arch is an overload of awesomeness :)) On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham, worked beautifully.

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 1:05 PM, Grant McDuling wrote:

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Thanks Pham,

Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it?

Many thanks

Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote:

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling <

mcduling@optusnet.com.au>wrote:

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...
I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well

with

...
...
all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

Grant McDuling Writer, copy-editor and proofreader mcduling@optusnet.com.au mob 0400 261 149 www.camocomms.com.au

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