[arch-general] Weird upgrade problem ??

[Dieter Plaetinck]

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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
>> Get counted at http://counter.li.org
>>
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