[arch-general] [System update] dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd at .service exists in filesystem

[Daniel Wallace]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Martin Cigorraga <msx at archlinux.us> wrote:
> > ~# pacman -Syu
> > ...
> > ...
> > (6/6) checking package integrity
> >  [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > (6/6) loading package files
> > [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > (6/6) checking for file conflicts
> > [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> > dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd at .service exists in filesystem
> > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> > ~ #
> >
> > I presume in this case is safe to -f, I can rename the conflicting package
> > too, but I would like to know how's the right way to proceed here.
> 
> Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is
> a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force.
> 
> If you DO use force, what will happen is that the the conflicting file
> will be owned by both packages, and when systemd-arch-units gets
> updated in the future to remove the file, the files will be deleted
> from your system.
> 
> -t
systemd-arch-units no longer has dhcpcd at .service in it
-- 
Daniel Wallace
Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
Georgia Institute of Technology
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