[arch-general] Updates blocked by ttf-dejavu

[Christian Klaue]

I subscribed to the Arch Announcement feed at https://lists.archlinux.o
rg/listinfo/arch-announce

You almost never get any mail (which I love). It's actually a copy of
everything which will be shown on the arch website frontpage. Since I
never had any trouble with updates besides those mentioned on this
page, it perfectly fits my requirements. Of course you may still run
into AUR trouble... but that's kinda another story.

With respect to update information: just run a full update on a daily
basis. That's what I am doing. Pacman informs me. For gnome there is a
neat tool: Arch Linux Update Indicator. It hides the icon if there are
no updates. I used to use Kalu (which may be helpful on KDE). Works
fine as well but shows the icon all the time. Actually such tools are
unnecessary since there is an update available each day for my system.
Even if you go for a weekly check, it is not waste of time. 

So, if I understood your question correct: use pacman + Arch
Announcement mailing list.


regards,
ente


On Tue, 2016-11-01 at 13:28 +0100, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
> Thank You. At some time I've subscribed to the arch linux update
> feed, 
> but it doesn't seem very useful, so I'll remove it:
> 
> 1. It seems not all updates are reported
> 2. It doesn't show any hints - just like this
> 
> Do You probably know of any other more useful feed(s)?
> 
> Kind regards
> Peter
> 
> 
> Am 01.11.2016 um 09:49 schrieb Christian Klaue:
> > See the website for tips on how to update: https://www.archlinux.or
> > g/ne
> > ws/ttf-dejavu-237-will-require-forced-upgrade/
> > 
> > pacman -S --force ttf-deja
> > 
> > 
> > ente
> > 
> > On Tue, 2016-11-01 at 09:47 +0100, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > cannot update packages, as ttf-dejavu has conflicts.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----------
> > > Output
> > > -----------
> > > Fehler: Konnte den Vorgang nicht durchführen (In Konflikt
> > > stehende
> > > Dateien)
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-
> > > mono.conf
> > > existiert im Dateisystem
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
> > > existiert
> > > im Dateisystem
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
> > > existiert im Dateisystem
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf existiert
> > > im
> > > Dateisystem
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf existiert im
> > > Dateisystem
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-serif.conf existiert im
> > > Dateisystem
> > > Fehler sind aufgetreten, keine Pakete wurden aktualisiert.
> > > 
> > > -----------
> > > Translation for output
> > > -----------
> > > Error: Could not proceed (files in conflict)
> > > ttf-dejavu: /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-
> > > mono.conf
> > > exists in file system
> > > ...
> > > Errors occured, no packages updated
> > > 
> > > -----------
> > > 
> > > Kind regards
> > > Peter