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Shrom59

Member

Registered: 2017-01-02

Posts: 20

zfs & spl update issue this morning.

Hello there

This morning I wanted to keep my system update (as I do every day)

And this morning I've this :

yaourt -Syua
:: Synchronisation des bases de données de paquets...
core est à jour
extra est à jour
community est à jour
archlinuxfr est à jour
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: Début de la mise à jour complète du système...
résolution des dépendances...
recherche des conflits entre paquets...
erreur: la préparation de la transaction a échoué (la satisfaction des dépendances a échoué)
:: spl-linux: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: spl-linux-headers: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: zfs-linux: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: zfs-linux-headers: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»

I think that's because ZFS & SPL are not ready to use a new kernel version

I also try with pacman:

sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronisation des bases de données de paquets...
core est à jour
extra est à jour
community est à jour
archlinuxfr est à jour
:: Début de la mise à jour complète du système...
résolution des dépendances...
recherche des conflits entre paquets...
erreur: la préparation de la transaction a échoué (la satisfaction des dépendances a échoué)
:: spl-linux: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: spl-linux-headers: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: zfs-linux: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»
:: zfs-linux-headers: installer linux (4.13.4-1) casse la dépendance «linux=4.13.3-1»

Here it is my pacman -Qdt command :

"
sudo pacman -Qdt
asciidoc 8.6.9-3
cabextract 1.6-1
cpio 2.12-3
fontforge 20170731-1
libuser 0.62-1
linux-headers 4.13.3-1
newt-syrup 0.2.0-1
python2-dbus 1.2.4-2
python2-ipy 0.83-1
rarian 0.8.1-6
spl-linux-headers 0.7.2.4.13.3.1-1
urlgrabber 3.10.1-2
xmlto 0.0.28-2"

You can see taht y system is almost up to date

Uname -a :

Linux Ford 4.13.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 21 20:33:16 CEST 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Can you help me to deal with this issue ?

Should I wait for zfs & spl update ?
Thanks

arojas

Developer

From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,098

Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

Those packages don't come from any official repository, so complain to wherever you installed them from

Foucault

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2010-04-06

Posts: 214

Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

Probably the zfs packages are tied to a specified kernel version triplet. The kernel was updated the third-party packages not. Hence the problem. Solution: wait for the zfs packages to be updated.

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Omar007

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Registered: 2015-04-09

Posts: 368

Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

Those packages don't come from any official repository, so complain to wherever you installed them from

Probably the zfs packages are tied to a specified kernel version triplet. The kernel was updated the third-party packages not. Hence the problem. Solution: wait for the zfs packages to be updated.

^ This.

This has also been clearly stated on the Arch Wiki in a big red box

Warning: Unless you use the dkms versions of these packages, the ZFS and SPL kernel modules are tied to a specific kernel version. It would not be possible to apply any kernel updates until updated packages are uploaded to AUR or the archzfs repository.

Shrom59

Member

Registered: 2017-01-02

Posts: 20

Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

Hello all

Thanks a lot for that answer. I just have a last question. Do you think that I can blacklist those package to do an upgrade of my system ? I mean, It seems that I need to continue to update my system even if I can't do it for ZFS an spl package.

Is it a good solution ? I don't think so beacause, I don't know if ZFS will continue to work if I update the system. What do you think ?

Thanks

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 11,858

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Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

I think you're making life unnecessarilly difficult for yourself trying to use an out-of-tree filesystem that requires you to know what you're doing, when you clearly don't. Blacklisting packages is rarely a good idea. If the zfs patches don't work for bleeding-edge kernels, see if there's an LTS patchset.

Mod note: not a Pacman issue, moving to AUR Issues.

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eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

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Re: zfs & spl update issue this morning.

That being said, the kernel packages are basically the one thing it is almost completely safe to blacklist.

I say almost, because you won't have much luck running older kernels simply because they don't support features newer software requires; good luck running some ancient 2.x kernel or something. But it would take a while for that to happen, and blacklisting for a few days or even a month or two is perfectly okay.

I do agree that one should not be using experimental out-of-tree kernel modules for their root filesystem when errors like this cause confusion.

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