[arch-general] pacman -Syu fails due to conflict with mtab?

[Jonathan Vasquez]

It's posted on the main page :)
On Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com>
wrote:

> Guys,
>
>  Just a quick question. Upgrade failed due to conflict with mtab:
>
> <snip>
> (67/67) checking for file conflicts
> [#######################################] 100%
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> filesystem: /etc/mtab exists in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
>
>  How should I handle this? I don't think it would be a good idea to
> replace an
> active mtab with --force. What say the experts?
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>