[arch-general] update problem maybe ..

P .NIKOLIC p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com
Thu Jun 7 15:04:10 EDT 2012


Hi 

Just done a "pacman -Syu"  i get the following error below 
is there a recomended way around the problem of  var/lock and var/run
is it safe to delete them to update .



resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (6): filesystem-2012.6-2  git-1.7.10.4-1  icu-49.1.2-1
krb5-1.10.2-1 libsystemd-185-1  systemd-tools-185-1

Total Installed Size:   49.60 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.25 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(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)
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem filesystem: /var/run exists
in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.



Pete .

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