[arch-general] filesystem package update

[Maximilian Kaul]

Hi list,

I'm trying to update my system and the filesystem package gives me some
trouble:

[quote]
# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (2):

Name             Old Version  New Version  Net Change

core/filesystem  2014.07-1    2014.10-3      0.01 MiB
core/iana-etc                 2.30-4         3.56 MiB

Total Installed Size:   3.57 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                       [############################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                     [############################] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                          [############################] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                    [############################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /bin exists in filesystem
filesystem: /etc/arch-release exists in filesystem
filesystem: /etc/mtab exists in filesystem
filesystem: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh exists in filesystem
filesystem: /lib exists in filesystem
filesystem: /lib64 exists in filesystem
filesystem: /sbin exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/lib/modprobe.d/usb-load-ehci-first.conf exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/lib/os-release exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/lib64 exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/local/share/man exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem
filesystem: /usr/share/man/man7/archlinux.7.gz exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/mail exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[/quote]

What is the correct procedure from here on (besides making a backup)?
I know that I should not use the --force option with the filesystem package.

Thanks for your help