[arch-general] System upgrade problems

[Aaron Griffin]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Louis Brazeau <lbrazeau at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :)

Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm?

How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided:
find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;