[arch-general] Still Glibc problems

[Tom Gundersen]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:19 PM, P .NIKOLIC <p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have followed all there is to follow tried all i can find to try yet
> i am still getting
>
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/ld-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libSegFault.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libanl-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libanl.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libc-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libcidn-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libcidn.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libcrypt-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libdl-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libm-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libm.so.6 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libmemusage.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnsl-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_compat.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_db-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_db.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_dns.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_files-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_files.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nis.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libpcprofile.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libpthread-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libresolv-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/librt-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/librt.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libthread_db-1.0.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1 exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libutil-2.16.so exists in filesystem
> glibc: /usr/lib/libutil.so.1 exists in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
>
> What has got to be done to solve this once and for all ..
> lib is a symlink to usr/lib..

Hm.... how did /lib end up as a symlink to /usr/lib without those
files being owned by glibc? Did you just copy it over manually and
create the link yourself?

-t