[arch-general] arch install issues with 2013.09 iso & vfat device

[Jakub Klinkovský]

On 17.09.13 at  0:06, arnaud gaboury wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> this is my second arch install this month (archlinux-2013.09.01-dual.iso)
> on an usb key to get a live Arch. Both installs failed on a vfat formated
> device, when they succed on ext2.
> $ pacstrap /mnt base returns lot of these erros:
> warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/vgrename (Can't create
> '/mnt/usr/bin/vgrename')
> ......
> 
> It seems, even in chroot, that I can't write the vfat formated device
> 
> I would like to use vfat as these keys are aimed to boot Arch from windows
> machines and share files.
> I used gdisk and fdisk to partition, then mkfs.vfat to format, on clean usb
> keys.
> Is there anything I missed ?
> 
> Then, there is an issue with package vi:
> error: could not open file
> /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg/vi-1:050325-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part: Invalid
> argument
> I first # pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate archlinux
> and # pacman -Syy
> 
> The only way to succed the install was :
> # pacstrap -i /mnt base --ignore vi
> 
> I must add that earlier installs with earlier iso did not show this issue.
> Maybe shall I open a bug report, or is this a known issue ?
> 
> Last, the above command returns :
> :: vi is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n]
> 
> It seems weird to me that default is Yes, as I specified --ignore vi.
> Would' nt it makes more sense to default No ?
> 
> Regards.

vfat has a lot of reserved characters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Comparison_of_filename_limitations

Note the colon (':') in "vi-1:050325-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part", don't know why
it couldn't write "/mnt/usr/bin/vgrename".

Regards,
Jakub Klinkovský (Lahwaacz)
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