[arch-general] System upgrade problems

[Louis Brazeau]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
>From this, either "xorg-twm" or "inputproto" would be next in the
> targets list, meaning pacman might be failing on one of those...
>
> -Dan
>

Ok, got it! It's "xorg-twm" that is causing the problem :

#  pacman -Sp xorg-twm
resolving dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)

(Thank's to Raeven for suggesting the -p)

I have removed this package :

#  pacman -R xorg-twm
checking dependencies...
warning: /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc saved as /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc.pacsave
(1/1) removing xorg-twm
[############################################################] 100%

But now pacman -Syu stops a little further with the same error. This
time it seems to be "xcb-util" that is the culprit :

#  pacman -Sp xcb-util
resolving dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)

I don't get it. I update my system every week or so and everything was
going fine. I don't understand why it seems so mixed up. If I do :

#  pacman -Ss xorg-twm
extra/xorg-twm 1.0.4-2

It looks like "xorg-twm" is a valid package. How come I can't install it?

#  pacman -S xorg-twm
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)

I am greatfull for all of you guys help (even though I'm more confused
than at the beginning :)