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GLXYNVA

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Registered: 2021-01-20

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Can't upgrade filesystem

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) filesystem-2021.01.19-1

Total Installed Size:  0.03 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(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%
(1/1) checking available disk space                     [#############################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling filesystem                           [#############################] 100%
error: extract: not overwriting dir with file /usr/local/share/man
error: problem occurred while upgrading filesystem
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,377

Re: Can't upgrade filesystem

/usr/local/share/man should be a symlink

stat /usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/share/man -> ../man

Something replaced the symlink with a directory and that change is preventing the upgrade.  Did you run some shell script or make install as root?

GLXYNVA

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Registered: 2021-01-20

Posts: 3

Re: Can't upgrade filesystem

/usr/local/share/man should be a symlink

stat /usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/share/man -> ../man

Something replaced the symlink with a directory and that change is preventing the upgrade.  Did you run some shell script or make install as root?

Ah that makes sense. Yesterday I installed some rofi themes by running a shell script as root. Do you know any way I could fix it?

Last edited by GLXYNVA (2021-01-20 00:21:10)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,377

Re: Can't upgrade filesystem

pacman -Qkk filesystem

See if any other symlinks have been changed.
Then it depends on if you want to keep the rofi theme.  The easiest option would be to remove the directory and its contents with:

# rm -rf /usr/local/share/man

Then when pacman installs the updated filesystem package it will create the symlink in its place.

GLXYNVA

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Registered: 2021-01-20

Posts: 3

Re: Can't upgrade filesystem

pacman -Qkk filesystem

See if any other symlinks have been changed.
Then it depends on if you want to keep the rofi theme.  The easiest option would be to remove the directory and its contents with:

# rm -rf /usr/local/share/man

Then when pacman installs the updated filesystem package it will create the symlink in its place.

Thanks! I deleted /usr/local/share/man and the filesystem now updated successfully.

2ManyDogs

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Re: Can't upgrade filesystem

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