[arch-general] Upgrade problem

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Anatol Pomozov
<anatol.pomozov at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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/

Or reinstall Arch using the latest iso.
It might be faster and easier.