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

[Norbert Zeh]

Jonathan Vasquez [2011.12.22 1128 -0500]:
> 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.
> >

Slightly OT: Interestingly enough, I did exactly what the news item says not to
do: deleted the mtab file and then ran pacman -Suy.  This didn't cause any
trouble at my end.

N.

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