[arch-general] Weird upgrade problem ??

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Niels Rasmussen wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've just installed Arch linux again after 9 month with Ubuntu and 
> several other distros (yeah, they all come back! :-))
> 
> I've followed "The Beginners Guide" and did everything as described.
> 
> Anyway, I've got the system up and running, and now writing in X 
> (openbox) from opera Mail.
> 
> I've tried to install the nvidia-71xx driver because I know it supports 
> my VideoCard Geforce 6600GT.
> 
> But apparently it doesn't work, so I uninstalled it, reinstalled libgl, 
> did a depmod -a and rebooted.
> 
> Now in X I can install programs just fine with pacman but pacman -Syu 
> results in some strange errors I havn't seen before.
> 
> Here goes:
> bash-3.2# pacman -Syu
> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>  core is up to date
>  extra                    412,9K 1535,6K/s 00:00:00 
> [########################################################] 100%
>  community is up to date
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> 
> Targets (59): bash-3.2.039-3  texinfo-4.13a-1  m4-1.4.12-1  
> autoconf-2.63-1  binutils-2.18-9  bzip2-1.0.5-3
>               openssl-0.9.8i-1  run-parts-2.30-1  
> ca-certificates-20080809-4  cracklib-2.8.13-1
>               e2fsprogs-1.41.3-2  popt-1.14-1  cryptsetup-1.0.6-2  
> dhcpcd-4.0.3-1  dialog-1.1_20080819-1
>               ed-1.1-2  filesystem-2008.07-1  fakeroot-1.10.1-1  
> file-4.26-1  flex-2.5.35-1  gmp-4.2.4-1.1
>               mpfr-2.3.2-2  gcc-4.3.2-1  gettext-0.17-2  grub-0.97-13  
> hdparm-8.9-1  hwdetect-0.9.1-2
>               util-linux-ng-2.14-1  udev-130-1  initscripts-2008.09-2  
> iputils-20071127-2  jfsutils-1.1.13-1
>               klibc-1.5.14-1  klibc-extras-2.5-1  
> klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-7  klibc-module-init-tools-3.4-2
>               klibc-udev-130-1  libtool-2.2.6a-1  logrotate-3.7.7-3  
> man-pages-3.11-1  mdadm-2.6.7-1
>               mlocate-0.21-1  module-init-tools-3.4-1  nano-2.0.9-1  
> pam-1.0.2-2  pciutils-3.0.2-1
>               pcmciautils-015-2  perl-5.10.0-4  procinfo-19-3  
> procps-3.2.7-5  psmisc-22.6-2  rp-pppoe-3.10-1
>               sdparm-1.03-1  shadow-4.1.2.1-2  tzdata-2008h-1  
> vi-7.2.25-1  wget-1.11.4-1  which-2.20-1
>               xfsprogs-2.10.1-1
> 
> Total Download Size:    0,00 MB
> Total Installed Size:   250,03 MB
> 
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
> checking package integrity...
> (59/59) checking for file conflicts                 
> [########################################################] 100%
> error: could not prepare transaction
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/Kbuild exists in filesystem
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/a.out.h exists in filesystem
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/acpi.h exists in filesystem
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/agp.h exists in filesystem
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/alternative-asm.h exists in filesystem
> klibc: /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/alternative.h exists in filesystem
> 
> === SNIP ===
> 
> Anyone knows what this  is about ??
> 
> It is the first time I have experienced problems in Arch Linux.
> 
> -- 
> /Niels
> Registered Linux User #133791
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