[arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 04:20 -0300, Andres Fernandez wrote:
> I think you should boot with an Arch Installer, then chroot and try to fix
> your system removing the package that has files on those directories,
> following the steps on the Arch news about this issue. An then update
> again. I think that this will solve your trouble.

Using a live media with systemd the OP could avoid using chroot and use

$ sudo systemd-nspawn -D /mnt/point/for/arch

which IMO is less work than a chroot.