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mibadt

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Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 396

[Solved] Can't upgrade system - cups related problem

Hi,
I can't upgrade (pacman -Syu) my system due some cups related problems.
AS you can see, although the problem seems to be cups related, none of the other packages has been upgarded as well.

Please advise.:mad:

Thanks,

Michael Badt

Here's a copy of my terminal (all packages get downloaded):

Targets (10): dbus-core-1.2.24-1  bluez-4.63-1  libcups-1.4.2-5  cups-1.4.2-5  dbus-1.2.24-1  gsfonts-1.0.7pre44-2  openssl-0.9.8n-1  net-snmp-5.5-2  
              pcre-8.02-1  xine-lib-1.1.18.1-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   52.32 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(10/10) checking for file conflicts                 [############################################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cups: /etc/cups/printers.conf exists in filesystem
cups: /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by mibadt (2010-03-27 02:39:30)

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Best regards,
Michael Badt

mcmillan

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Registered: 2006-04-06

Posts: 737

Re: [Solved] Can't upgrade system - cups related problem

Reading the front page news should help you
http://www.archlinux.org/news/491/

mibadt

Member

Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 396

Re: [Solved] Can't upgrade system - cups related problem

Thanks,
Indeed that solved my problem.
Regards,

Michael Badt

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Best regards,
Michael Badt

NevarMaor

Member

Registered: 2009-04-22

Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] Can't upgrade system - cups related problem

Shouldn't such messages be displayed by pacman when trying to upgrade an affected package? That would save a lot of user hassles.

kaivalagi

Member

From: Norwich, UK

Registered: 2009-11-05

Posts: 145

Re: [Solved] Can't upgrade system - cups related problem

Well it sort of did, but I have to admit I had to check the forums before continuing...the messages I received were:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cups: /etc/cups/classes.conf exists in filesystem
cups: /etc/cups/printers.conf exists in filesystem
cups: /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf exists in filesystem

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