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STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

pacman -Syu error

Hello,

Today, i wanted to run a pacman -Syu again (pacman 2 and 3, both with the same errors), and wanted to know if anyone has hints what's going wrong...

:: Synchronizing package databases...
:: testing is up to date
:: current is up to date
:: extra is up to date
:: amarok-base: local (1.4.5-4) appears to be newer than repo (extra/1.4.5-2)
:: amarok-engine-xine: local (1.4.5-3) appears to be newer than repo (extra/1.4.5-2)
:: gnome-common: local (2.12.0-7) appears to be newer than repo (extra/2.12.0-5)
:: jack-audio-connection-kit: local (0.102.20-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.102.20-1)
:: kdebindings: local (3.5.6-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/3.5.6-1)
:: kdemultimedia: local (3.5.6-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/3.5.6-1)
:: kdeutils: local (3.5.6-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/3.5.6-1)
:: libbeagle: local (0.2.16-1) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.2.15.1-1)
:: libieee1284: local (0.2.10-3) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.2.10-2)
:: libsamplerate: local (0.1.2-3) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.1.2-2)
:: qt: local (3.3.8-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/3.3.8-1)
:: subversion: local (1.4.3-1) appears to be newer than repo (extra/1.4.0-1)
:: vlc: local (0.8.6a-6) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.8.6a-4)
:: wxgtk: local (2.8.0.1-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/2.6.3-2)
:: Above packages will be skipped.  To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'
error: unresolvable dependencies:
  kdemultimedia: requires tunepimp>=0.5.3
  amarok-base: requires tunepimp>=0.5.3
  kdemultimedia: requires tunepimp>=0.5.3
  kdemultimedia: requires tunepimp>=0.5.3

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: pacman -Syu error

the mirror is outdated. you can select another mirror

Last edited by wonder (2007-03-18 15:44:23)

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: pacman -Syu error

It's probably a mirror sync issue: http://www.archlinux.org/news/299/

STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: pacman -Syu error

The mirror used was archlinux.org.

I simply dropped testing and downgraded every single package to current... anyway, seems as if there has been an invalid db...

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McQueen

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 387

Re: pacman -Syu error

This worked for me (your mileage may vary):

1. Check that each of your repos pulls from ftp.archlinux.org
2. Clear the cache: '# pacman -Scc'
3. Resync: '# pacman -Sy'

Last edited by McQueen (2007-03-20 02:03:06)

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Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: pacman -Syu error

This worked for me (your mileage may vary):

1. Check that each of your repos pulls from ftp.archlinux.org

Bad, BAD idea.  Choose a geographically local mirror to you - ftp.archlinux.org can't handle _everybody_ using it, it's under enough stress as it is.

BTW, already reported.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31055

Just give it a day or two and the mirrors will update.

McQueen

Member

From: Arizona

Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 387

Re: pacman -Syu error

This worked for me (your mileage may vary):

1. Check that each of your repos pulls from ftp.archlinux.org
2. Clear the cache: '# pacman -Scc'
3. Resync: '# pacman -Sy'

Cough...cough...

1. Make _FREAKING_ damn sure you are not sycning with ftp.archlinux.org
2. ...
3. ...

Okay, that's that.

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STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: pacman -Syu error

I am not syncing with archlinux.org usually.
I just changed the mirror when this problem occured (usually i rather use tuwien mirror or the gigabit.nu mirror, since the tuwien mirror is damn slow, and there is no other austrian mirror available, i chose a european one).

For the problem, i changed the mirrors to archlinux.org, synced and saw that the problem still exists. That's why i've been posting.
I also want to ensure that noone uses the archlinux.org mirror as a default server. It's of course the best choice if you experience problems with pacman to fix your system.

// STi

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unixlust

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From: Sebes, Romania

Registered: 2007-01-12

Posts: 31

Re: pacman -Syu error

pacman3 detects corrupted packages and asks you to remove them from the cache and redownload them