[arch-general] Strange pacman problem with conflicting dependencies

[Sébastien Luttringer]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Arthur Titeica <arthur at psw.ro> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On a machine with a less frequent updating schedule (~once a month) I receive
> the following when doing pacman -Suy
>
> ----------------->8-----------------
> # pacman -Suy
> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>  testing is up to date
>  core is up to date
>  extra is up to date
>  community-testing is up to date
>  community is up to date
>  multilib-testing is up to date
>  multilib is up to date
>  archlinuxfr is up to date
>  repo-ck is up to date
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> warning: ffmpeg: ignoring package upgrade (20120509-1 => 1:0.11.1-1)
> :: Replace virtualbox-additions with community-testing/virtualbox-iso-
> additions? [Y/n]
> :: Replace virtualbox-modules with community-testing/virtualbox-host-modules?
> [Y/n]
> warning: x264: ignoring package upgrade (20120204-1 => 20120705-1)
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
> error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
> :: virtualbox-host-modules and virtualbox-modules are in conflict
> ----------------->8-----------------
>
> I didn't have any problems with the virtualbox replacements on another machine
> with daily updates.
>
> If necessary the debug pacman log may be found at http://pastebin.com/9nh5tp9t
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Arthur Titeica

Should be fixed at the next db sync.

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Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer
www.seblu.net