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jancici

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From: svk

Registered: 2011-12-04

Posts: 192

[SOLVED] not able to update cups

hi

I have log directory on my classic hdd, so on SSD I have link for /var/log

ll /var 
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root  4096 nov 23  2013 cache
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 feb 11 21:33 db
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 máj 31  2013 empty
drwxrwxr-x  2 root games 4096 nov 19  2013 games
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root  4096 feb 11 08:45 lib
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 máj 31  2013 local
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    11 okt 25 20:41 lock -> ../run/lock
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    16 dec  2  2013 log -> /mnt/hdd/var/log
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    10 okt 25 20:41 mail -> spool/mail
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 máj 31  2013 opt
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     6 okt 25 20:41 run -> ../run
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root  4096 jan 19 09:54 spool
drwxrwxrwt  7 root root  4096 feb 11 21:34 tmp

and here is log dir

ll /var/log/
total 1956
-rw-------  1 root utmp                 0 feb  1 09:35 btmp
-rw-------  1 root utmp              1152 jan 22 11:01 btmp.1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root              4096 nov 22  2013 cpufreq-bench
-rw-------  1 root root             32032 feb 10 16:46 faillog
drwx--x--x  2 root gdm               4096 apr 13  2014 gdm
drwxr-sr-x+ 4 root systemd-journal   4096 aug 27 07:40 journal
-rw-r--r--  1 root root            292292 feb  6 10:43 lastlog
-rw-r--r--  1 root root            916237 feb 11 21:44 pacman.log
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root              4096 okt 27  2013 speech-dispatcher
-rw-rw-r--  1 root utmp            910848 feb 11 21:29 wtmp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root             38967 apr 15  2014 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root root             33246 apr 13  2014 Xorg.0.log.old

while I am updating cups I am geeting this error:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cups: /var/log exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

so I did remove cups and then delete /var/log/cups and trying to install it. But same error popup

pacman -S cups      
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) cups-2.0.2-1

Total Installed Size:  13,27 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                     [################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                   [################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                        [################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                  [################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
cups: /var/log exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

thanks for any help / tip how to solve this.

Last edited by jancici (2015-02-11 21:21:17)

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: [SOLVED] not able to update cups

Use a bind mount rather than a symlink.

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jancici

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From: svk

Registered: 2011-12-04

Posts: 192

Re: [SOLVED] not able to update cups

thanks very much, it is working now

Last edited by jancici (2015-02-11 21:21:01)