Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

lilsirecho · 2005-10-07 23:09:53

Pacman -Q |less lists the following;
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error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
autoconf 2.59-1
bash 3.0-6
bison 2.0-1
coreutils 5.2.1-5
diffutils 2.8.1-2
filesystem 0.7-8
gdbm 1.8.3-3
glibc 2.3.5-6
m4 1.4.3-1
mawk 1.3.3-6
ncurses 5.4-2
pam 0.80-2
readline 5.0-3
shadow 4.0.12-2
(END)

Attempt to download gcc provides the following;
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root@n6re ~]# pacman -Sy gcc
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
:: Synchronizing package databases...
current [################] 100% 46K 32.2K/s 00:00:01
extra [################] 100% 215K 25.3K/s 00:00:08
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory

Targets: binutils-2.16.1-2 gcc-4.0.2-1

Total Package Size: 33.1 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts... error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
qerror: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory

[root@n6re ~]#

What repair action is necessary?

lilsirecho · 2005-10-08 02:05:07

Latest info on the problem;
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root@n6re ~]# pacman -Sf all
error: /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
all: not found in sync db

[root@n6re ~]#

Whaaaat!

Opened /var/lib/pacman/local and gcc4.0.2-1/desc is present.

lilsirecho · 2005-10-08 02:30:10

Another shot at it;
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[root@n6re ~]# rmdir /var/lib/pacman/local
rmdir: `/var/lib/pacman/local': Directory not empty
[root@n6re ~]#

Gullible Jones · 2005-10-08 03:12:37

Uhh do not, DO NOT!, remove /var/lib/pacman/local. :shock:

And BTW, rmdir is supposed to do that. To remove a non-empty dir, use rm -r.

Edit: Maybe try pacman -Sf gcc. Some of that stuff looks kind of weird though, I wouldn't try that unless someone else okayed it. (I'm not all that knowledgable about pacman.)

phrakture · 2005-10-08 03:47:46

rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/
pacman -S gcc

T-Dawg · 2005-10-08 04:09:05

phrakture wrote:

rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/local/gcc-4.0.2-1/
pacman -S gcc

you'll have to use the -f switch with that otherwise you'll get a billion "file exists in filesystem" errors.

lilsirecho · 2005-10-08 05:24:25

pacman -Q |less now prints all.

Will check the system for performance.

Tnx

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#1 2005-10-07 23:09:53

Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#2 2005-10-08 02:05:07

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#3 2005-10-08 02:30:10

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#4 2005-10-08 03:12:37

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#5 2005-10-08 03:47:46

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#6 2005-10-08 04:09:05

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

#7 2005-10-08 05:24:25

Re: Error in pacman -Q and pacman -Sy gcc

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