[arch-general] Upgrade problem

[Anatol Pomozov]

Hi

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I'm a newcomer to Arch Linux so excuse my ignorance.
>
> I attempted to update yesterday (pacman -Syu) & I got this message at the
> end of the update:
>
> '(121/121) checking for file conflicts
> [#################################################] 100%
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem
> filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem
> filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.'
>
> Can anybody tell me what it means & how to go about fixing it (I've got Arch
> running on a VPS).
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Cheers,
>
>     Phil...

Follow these instructions
https://www.archlinux.org/news/binaries-move-to-usrbin-requiring-update-intervention/