[arch-general] System upgrade fails

[Aaron Griffin]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Manolo <manolo.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, i´ m getting this message when i try to upgrade my system (pacman -Syu):
> I have the system in spanish, so i write a translation of it:
>
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> resolving dependencies...
> checking for conflicts...
> error: fail to prepare transaction (couldn´ t satisfy dependencies)
> :: ipw3945: needs kernel26<2.6.27
>
> I think ipw3945 is something about my network card, but whatever it
> is, it´s not listed in the repositories (pacman -Sl | grep ipw -->
> ipw2100-fw and ipw2200-fw). And my kernel is 2.6.26-ARCH, so i think
> is a kernel26, <2.6.27, right?
> Anyone with the same problem?? Can i uninstall the package without a problem??

The problem is that it's trying to upgrade to the 2.6.27 kernel, and
can't because your package needs the old kernel. I *think* you can
safely replace ipw3945 with the iwlwifi stuff, but don't quote me on
that.