[arch-general] System a bit broken pacman -Syu exists in filesystem

[Lars Madson]

Well, the problem is actually caused by the /usr folder cause it's common
to the old and recent /opt /var. So the old feel unsync with this too
recent /usr folder and create conflict cause all the files are already
there.

The /opt /var will be simply updated if I understand right as the pacman
database is in /var, isn't it? So the database is also old.

The HDD is dead.  I will rely only on the SSD till I get that second hard
drive box for laptop. I definitely hate cheap hdd external box, killed so
many.

So I will use the --force just for this special occasion, so glad that
option exists.
Nothing has to be force with arch as it's so slick :P

thank you

2012/1/4 Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu>

> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:23:35 +0100
> Lars Madson <rwx700 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My system has two hard drive, one SSD with / and /home/user on two
> > partitions and a HDD mounted on /opt and /var.
> >
> > The HDD failed, and the system works with only the SSD as it was
> installed
> > like this and then extended to the HDD.
> >
> > Only 3 or 4 weeks of update make a difference between the content of /var
> > and /opt on the SSD and the HDD.
> >
> > Now I'm performing an upgrade of the whole system to get back to normal
> but
> > all files in /usr are making conflict as the /opt and /var are older and
> > trying to install files that are already there.
> >
> > So I could - but it seems really painful - rename all the conflicting
> files
> > (they are a lot), if anyone as an idea how to automatize this. Or maybe I
> > would love some kind of option in pacman that would overwrite or ignore
> > those conflicts, I know that's against how pacman is build so I'm asking
> > here.
> >
> > Hope I make sens.
> >
> > thx
> > Laurent
>
> You could use the -f option but I wonder if this is more troublesome and
> time-consuming than a simple reinstall.
>
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> Leonid Isaev
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