[arch-general] Still Glibc problems

[D. R. Evans]

Alex Belanger said the following at 07/18/2012 05:27 AM :
> pacman -Syu --ignore glibc pacman -Su

> I had the same problem, went to archlinux website and they say exactly what
> you need to do and why. You shouldn't toy with it yourself, nor use the
> --force option. Try this, if it doesn't work, they have an in-depth guide
> too.
> 

I have tried this, and there seems to be a catch-22...

1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:usrlib

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If running "pacman -Syu --ignore glibc" gives:

warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-2
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"

...

:: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
     binutils  gcc  gcc-libs

Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade [y/N]

Say "y" to skipping the packages, then install them all using (e.g.):

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But if I do that, I hit the /var/run and /var/lock problem:

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(127/127) checking for file conflicts

[##########################################################################################]
100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root at shack n7dr]#

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2.
https://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/

So instead of dealing with glibc, I try to deal with the /var/run and
/var/lock problem first. On my system, these are both symlinks. So, following
instructions, I do:

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If the symlinks are already in place on your system (which should be the case
for most people), then you can simply perform

pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force

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and that gives:

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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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So it looks to me that I'm being told, basically, "you have two errors, α and
β. Before you fix α you must fix β. And before you fix β you must fix α."

Am I misinterpreting or misunderstanding the instructions? They seem pretty
clear, and I believe I followed them faithfully.

  Doc

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