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Cub69

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From: Ottawa, Canada

Registered: 2006-01-20

Posts: 87

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Why does Pacman do this?? Won't it mess up my system?

Hi there -- I'm looking to run an upgrade but when I do, I get this:

[root@lapzilla ~]# pacman -Su
:: Replace glut with freeglut from "current"? [Y/n] y
:: gdm: local (2.8.0.7-5) appears to be newer than repo (extra/2.8.0.7-3)
:: gnomebaker: local (0.5.1-1) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.5.0-1)
:: Above packages will be skipped.  To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'
:: ttf-bitstream-vera conflicts with xorg. Remove xorg? [Y/n]

Won't this totally mess up my system??  How do I avoid this>

Thx
Norm

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Why does Pacman do this?? Won't it mess up my system?

Fear not. It shall just remove the old xorg, allowing you to install the new modularized one.

tbroderick

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Registered: 2005-05-06

Posts: 45

Re: Why does Pacman do this?? Won't it mess up my system?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7

pacman -Rd xorg
pacman -Syu
pacman -S xorg
Update your paths in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

ralvy

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From: Santa Monica, California

Registered: 2004-12-06

Posts: 275

Re: Why does Pacman do this?? Won't it mess up my system?

Hi there -- I'm looking to run an upgrade but when I do, I get this:

[root@lapzilla ~]# pacman -Su
:: Replace glut with freeglut from "current"? [Y/n] y
:: gdm: local (2.8.0.7-5) appears to be newer than repo (extra/2.8.0.7-3)
:: gnomebaker: local (0.5.1-1) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.5.0-1)
:: Above packages will be skipped.  To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'
:: ttf-bitstream-vera conflicts with xorg. Remove xorg? [Y/n]

Won't this totally mess up my system??  How do I avoid this>

Thx
Norm

I would make a good backup first, then go for it.