[arch-dev-public] [RFC] filesystem-2012.3-1

Tom Gundersen teg at jklm.no
Sun Jun 3 11:31:12 EDT 2012


One more sentence added:


On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:
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>
> filesystem upgrade - manual intervention required
>
>
> As of filesystem-2012.3-1 the folders /var/run and /var/lock will be
> replaced by symlinks to /run and /run/lock, respectively.
>
> On most systems this is already the case, as initscripts create the
> symlinks on boot. However, these symlinks are not owned by any
> package, which is what we are fixing with this upgrade.
>
> If the symlinks are already in place on your system (which should be
> the case for most people), then you can simply perform
>
> # pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force

In general, it is strongly advised to avoid the --force switch as it
is not safe. However, in this particular case it is safe, and
suggested to avoid having to manually delete the /var/run or /var/lock
symlinks.

> Otherwise, if /var/run or /var/lock are directories (e.g. if you are
> using systemd and never booted with initscripts) you need to delete
> the directories before performing the update. As these directories are
> used at runtime, it is recommended to shutdown any background tasks
> before performing
>
> # rm -rf /var/run /var/lock && pacman -Syu && reboot
>
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