[arch-general] Pacman Error: upgrading to same package version again & again

Gaurish Sharma contact at gaurishsharma.com
Tue Feb 16 00:56:02 EST 2010


Hi,
Pacman is acting weird.
Its asking me to upgrade same set of packages over & over. Even, I have just 
updated said packages.I posted my query on forums[1] but helpful reply. So 
posting it here:

gaurish ~ > upgrade                         
:: Synchronizing package databases...       
 core                      35.9K   21.8K/s 00:00:02 
[#####################################################################] 100%
 extra                    445.1K   31.6K/s 00:00:14 
[#####################################################################] 100%
 community is up to date                                                                                                        
:: Starting full system upgrade...                                                                                              
warning: go-openoffice: ignoring package upgrade (3.2.0.4-1 => 3.2.0.5-1)                                                       
resolving dependencies...                                                                                                       
looking for inter-conflicts...                                                                                                  

Targets (8): flashplugin-10.0.45.2-1  fuse-2.8.3-1  gstreamer0.10-base-
plugins-0.10.26-1  soprano-2.4.0.1-1  kdelibs-4.4.0-4  
             ppp-2.4.5-1  rp-pppoe-3.10-4  vi-050325-2                                                                        

Total Download Size:    0.15 MB
Total Installed Size:   97.46 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
 vi-050325-2-x86_64       158.3K   17.8K/s 00:00:09 
[#####################################################################] 100%
checking package integrity...                                                                                                   
(8/8) checking for file conflicts                   
[#####################################################################] 100%
(1/8) upgrading flashplugin                         
[#####################################################################] 100%
(2/8) upgrading fuse                                
[#####################################################################] 100%
(3/8) upgrading gstreamer0.10-base-plugins          
[#####################################################################] 100%
(4/8) upgrading soprano                             
[#####################################################################] 100%
(5/8) upgrading kdelibs                             
[#####################################################################] 100%
(6/8) upgrading ppp                                 
[#####################################################################] 100%
(7/8) upgrading rp-pppoe                            
[#####################################################################] 100%
>>> The kernel-mode plugin has a new place.                                                                                     
>>> It's now located under /usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so                                                                        
>>> Change LINUX_PLUGIN to the new path in your /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf                                                             
(8/8) upgrading vi                                  
[#####################################################################] 100%


Now If I run the update again, it still asks to upgrade same set of packages 
again.



gaurish ~ > upgrade
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date                  
 extra is up to date                 
 community is up to date             
:: Starting full system upgrade...   
warning: go-openoffice: ignoring package upgrade (3.2.0.4-1 => 3.2.0.5-1)
resolving dependencies...                                                
looking for inter-conflicts...                                           

Targets (7): flashplugin-10.0.45.2-1  fuse-2.8.3-1  gstreamer0.10-base-
plugins-0.10.26-1  soprano-2.4.0.1-1  kdelibs-4.4.0-4
             ppp-2.4.5-1  rp-pppoe-3.10-4

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   97.12 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(7/7) checking for file conflicts                   
[#####################################################################] 100%
(1/7) upgrading flashplugin                         
[#####################################################################] 100%
(2/7) upgrading fuse                                
[#####################################################################] 100%
(3/7) upgrading gstreamer0.10-base-plugins          
[#####################################################################] 100%
(4/7) upgrading soprano                             
[#####################################################################] 100%
(5/7) upgrading kdelibs                             
[#####################################################################] 100%
(6/7) upgrading ppp                                 
[#####################################################################] 100%
(7/7) upgrading rp-pppoe                            
[#####################################################################] 100%
>>> The kernel-mode plugin has a new place.
>>> It's now located under /usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so
>>> Change LINUX_PLUGIN to the new path in your /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf


This errors is weird and I also have fsck root, /home partition . I would 
apreciate your help in solving this


[1] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91207


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