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rooloo

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Registered: 2008-07-09

Posts: 218

[SOLVED]pacman fails to upgrade... /usr/bin/vercmp: cannot execute bin

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
 pacman-3.2.1-1-x86_64    491.3K 1850.7K/s 00:00:00 [########################################################################################################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [########################################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading pacman                              [########################################################################################################] 100%
warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
/tmp/alpm_eT02H1/.INSTALL: line 5: /usr/bin/vercmp: cannot execute binary file
/tmp/alpm_eT02H1/.INSTALL: line 5: [: : integer expression expected

Here is more info on my system and the file vermcp is installed and permissions seem correct.
http://rafb.net/p/MYk3pO21.html

HELP?

Last edited by rooloo (2008-09-09 00:07:09)

rooloo

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Registered: 2008-07-09

Posts: 218

Re: [SOLVED]pacman fails to upgrade... /usr/bin/vercmp: cannot execute bin

Ok, this was my dumb mistake again. I was testing out powerpill on my server which is a 32 bit machine. I tried copying my 64 bit mirrorlist to my 32 bit server because I have it ranked and slimmed down to only the essential servers.