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pdizzle

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Registered: 2013-02-07

Posts: 16

Pacmatic .pacnew file error

My pacmatic is somehow stuck thinking there is a pacnew file somewhere when in fact there are none. I am very certain that there aren't, and additionally

$ locate pacnew

returns nothing.

Anytime I run pacmatic -Syu it returns

1 pacnew files found (0 added). Update files now ? (Y/n)

if I select yes, nothing happens.. I believe because there isn't any pacnew files. Is there a way to reset this? I had thought of pacman -Rs pacmatic && pacman -S pacmatic but would this somehow effect pacmatics cache/function?

Thanks

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,580

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

Try sudo updatedb
Then do a locate pacnew

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pdizzle

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Registered: 2013-02-07

Posts: 16

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

Try sudo updatedb
Then do a locate pacnew

yes, I did that before executing locate. This state of pacmatic has existed on my system for several weeks now.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

Run https://github.com/keenerd/pacmatic/blo … matic#L152

find /etc/ \( -name \*.pacnew -o -name \*.pacorig -o -name \*.pacsave \) 2> /dev/null | wc -l

pdizzle

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Registered: 2013-02-07

Posts: 16

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

Run https://github.com/keenerd/pacmatic/blo … matic#L152

find /etc/ \( -name \*.pacnew -o -name \*.pacorig -o -name \*.pacsave \) 2> /dev/null | wc -l

good find!

$ find /etc/ \( -name \*.pacnew -o -name \*.pacorig -o -name \*.pacsave \) 2> /dev/null | wc -l
1

and

$ find /etc/ \( -name \*.pacnew -o -name \*.pacorig -o -name \*.pacsave \)
/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.pacsave

so it was a pacsave file hiding. I don't intend to reinstall unbound, so I will just remove the file.. but why should pacmatic look for these? Isn't it likely that there would be a number of these on a system from removed packages that would be worth keeping around and not getting pestered about consistently?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

why should pacmatic look for these? Isn't it likely that there would be a number of these on a system from removed packages that would be worth keeping around and not getting pestered about consistently?

https://github.com/keenerd/pacmatic/issues/1 ?

pdizzle

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Registered: 2013-02-07

Posts: 16

Re: Pacmatic .pacnew file error

why should pacmatic look for these? Isn't it likely that there would be a number of these on a system from removed packages that would be worth keeping around and not getting pestered about consistently?

https://github.com/keenerd/pacmatic/issues/1 ?

I'm sorry, I this doesn't seem to answer my question.. wouldn't I want to just leave this config file in place until I possibly reinstall the associated package, and then at that point have pacmatic/pacman prompt me to reuse the old saved config? Why is it useful to have pacmatic notify me of it (which in my case doesn't really seem to work properly) every time I run it?

I am not interested in searching for and merging pacnew files as a standalone function, which as I understand it is what that question was about.