[arch-general] util-linux pacman error, file conflicts (safe to force?)

[David C. Rankin]

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On 07/09/2012 11:38 AM, Leonid Isaev wrote:
> Hmm.. pacman should have taken care of this automatically.
> 
> Do: pacman -Sy && pacman -Su --ignore util-linux,shadow && pacman -S shadow
> util-linux. If the last call fails, use --force.
> 
> /bin/login was owned by shadow. Now it is owned why util-linux. Apparently
> utils-linux is tried first, that's why the update fails.

Thank you Leonid,

  I will have to rebuild shadow. My display manager still relies on the older
shadow prior to the soname bump that occurred a couple of months ago. I guess I
could just use the kde4/kdm in the interim. So at least we know what is causing
this problem.

  Any background on why files such as 'login' are changing packages? Just
curious really. In the 2.21.2 -> 2.21.3 update to util-linux, it inherited the
following:

+util-linux /bin/login
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/chfn
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/chsh
+util-linux /etc/pam.d/login
+util-linux /usr/bin/chfn
+util-linux /usr/bin/chsh
+util-linux /usr/bin/newgrp
+util-linux /usr/sbin/vigr
+util-linux /usr/sbin/vipw

  Was the driver behind it just 'housekeeping' for lack of better words?

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.


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