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Morn

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[SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

The recent LibreOffice update (4.0.2-1 -> 4.0.2-2) does not work for me:

     1	:: Synchronizing package databases...
     2	 core is up to date
     3	 extra is up to date
     4	 community is up to date
     5	 multilib is up to date
     6	:: Starting full system upgrade...
     7	resolving dependencies...
     8	looking for inter-conflicts...
       
     9	Packages (15): libreoffice-base-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-calc-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-common-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-draw-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-gnome-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-impress-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-kde4-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-math-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-postgresql-connector-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-sdk-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-sdk-doc-4.0.2-2  libreoffice-writer-4.0.2-2  psmisc-22.20-1  subversion-1.7.9-1  youtube-dl-2013.04.03-1
       
    10	Total Installed Size:   408.96 MiB
    11	Net Upgrade Size:       80.77 MiB
       
    12	checking keyring...
    13	checking package integrity...
    14	loading package files...
    15	checking for file conflicts...
    16	libreoffice-sdk-doc: /usr/lib/libreoffice/sdk/docs exists in filesystem
    17	libreoffice-sdk-doc: /usr/lib/libreoffice/sdk/examples/CLI/CSharp/Spreadsheet/GeneralTableSample.cs exists in filesystem
    18	libreoffice-sdk-doc: /usr/lib/libreoffice/sdk/examples/CLI/CSharp/Spreadsheet/Makefile exists in filesystem
    19	libreoffice-sdk-doc: /usr/lib/libreoffice/sdk/examples/CLI/CSharp/Spreadsheet/SpreadsheetDocHelper.cs exists in filesystem
    20	libreoffice-sdk-doc: /usr/lib/libreoffice/sdk/examples/CLI/CSharp/Spreadsheet/SpreadsheetSample.cs exists in filesystem
.....
 10140	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmswordlo.so exists in filesystem
 10141	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libswdlo.so exists in filesystem
 10142	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libswuilo.so exists in filesystem
 10143	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libt602filterlo.so exists in filesystem
 10144	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libwpftwriterlo.so exists in filesystem
 10145	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libwriterfilterlo.so exists in filesystem
 10146	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/swriter exists in filesystem
 10147	libreoffice-writer: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/vbaswobj.uno.so exists in filesystem
 10148	libreoffice-writer: /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-writer.desktop exists in filesystem
 10149	libreoffice-writer: /usr/share/man/man1/loweb.1.gz exists in filesystem
 10150	libreoffice-writer: /usr/share/man/man1/lowriter.1.gz exists in filesystem
 10151	Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

According to e.g.

  pacman -Qo /usr/share/doc/libreoffice/sdk/index.html

all those files are apparently not owned by any package anymore. So now I'm not sure how to fix this. Manually removing 10,000 files is not really an option.

Last edited by Morn (2013-04-07 18:23:12)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

You've either manually installed those files yourself, or you've deleted pacman's database entry for those packages, or you've got bigger problems (filesystem corruption or a disk failing). Establish which problem you have before preceding, if you have a bad disk then you should migrate to a new one asap.

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

I have not installed those files manually, and so far there have never been problems with LibreOffice updates. Could this be a pacman 4.1 issue?

Oh well, I suppose checking the hard disk is always a good idea, so I'll start with that.

P.S. The drive has passed the short S.M.A.R.T. test; the long test will take about 90 minutes…

Last edited by Morn (2013-04-07 11:50:12)

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

since this is no major package, forcing it should be totally safe. worst that can happen is to have some corpse-files in your filesystem that are not used anymore.

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Sure, I could ignore the errors and force the update, but I agree with Wormzy that it's better to get to the bottom of this—especially as I've never seen this problem before. It might be due to a hardware or filesystem issue or an obscure pacman 4.1 bug, so it's better to narrow this down a bit…

Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Results from the extended S.M.A.R.T. test have also been OK. So I think this is a software issue.

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Have you checked the files with pacman -Qo?

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Have you checked the files with pacman -Qo?

Yes (see the first post), they do not seem to belong to any package at the moment.

When I try to list files for an affected package, the listing is empty :

$ pacman -Ql libreoffice-writer 
$

although libreoffice-writer 4.0.2-1 is still installed:

$ pacman -Q|grep writer
libreoffice-writer 4.0.2-1

But installation size is zero KB:

$ pacman -Qi libreoffice-writer
Name           : libreoffice-writer
Version        : 4.0.2-1
Description    : None
Architecture   : None
URL            : None
Licenses       : None
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : None
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :   0.00 KiB
Packager       : None
Build Date     : None
Install Date   : None
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By   : Unknown

Last edited by Morn (2013-04-07 14:58:25)

kaszak696

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Your pacman database got damaged, there could be more of these ghost packages. Out of curiosity, what are SMART values of Reallocated_Sector_Ct, Current_Pending_Sector, Offline_Uncorrectable, also 'ATA Error Count'? This is a rough indicator of your drive's overall health. If it's fine, something else damaged the database. You should definitely check if there's more of packages like that.

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

I have checked all installed packages now —three packages have an installed size of zero: ld-lsb, libreoffice-sdk-doc, and libreoffice-writer.

Name           : ld-lsb
Version        : 3-5
Description    : Faking a Linux Standard Base runtime
Architecture   : any
URL            : http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
Licenses       : GPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : lib32-glibc
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : google-earth
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :   0.00 KiB
Packager       : Unknown Packager
Build Date     : Sat Jan 5 21:10:57 2013
Install Date   : Sat Jan 5 21:11:03 2013
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Unknown

Name           : libreoffice-sdk-doc
Version        : 4.0.2-1
Description    : None
Architecture   : None
URL            : None
Licenses       : None
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : None
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :   0.00 KiB
Packager       : None
Build Date     : None
Install Date   : None
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Unknown

The HD sector counts seem to be OK (zero). I don't see ATA Error Count though:

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   120   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       242853749
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1252
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   073   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       24532724
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       1839
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1251
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       154
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   065   057   045    Old_age   Always       -       35 (Min/Max 26/37)
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   035   043   000    Old_age   Always       -       35 (0 20 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   037   025   000    Old_age   Always       -       242853749
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       6910602384235
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1349605584
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       3014763168

Last edited by Morn (2013-04-07 15:58:10)

Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

I suppose I should have posted this thread under "Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues". Is there a way to move this?

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

I suppose I should have posted this thread under "Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues". Is there a way to move this?

Done.  In the future, go ahead and use the 'report' link and leave a request for the moderators.  That way the request is obvious to us rather than our just having stumbling across them.

Thanks.

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Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

Done.  In the future, go ahead and use the 'report' link and leave a request for the moderators.  That way the request is obvious to us rather than our just having stumbling across them.

Thanks ewaller!

As for the three damaged packages, I've now reinstalled them with "--force" from the local pacman cache. Maybe I should run "pacman -Qi|grep ' 0.00'" from time to time to check if any new database corruption occurs.

Last edited by Morn (2013-04-07 17:19:11)

Morn

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Re: [SOLVED] LibreOffice update fails

P.S. Today the problem has occured again, this time with python2:

Name           : python2
Version        : 2.7.4-1
Description    : None
Architecture   : None
URL            : None
Licenses       : None
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : None
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : bluez  boodler  fontforge  gdb  grailbrowser  inkscape  iotop  ipython2  kdesdk-dev-scripts
                 kdesdk-kcachegrind  lash  libieee1284  libkate  libplist  lilv  lyx  mercurial  mididings
                 mlt-python-bindings  mutagen  mypaint  perf  pkgbrowser  pyching  pycups  pyglet  pygoocanvas
                 pyscape  pysmbc  pysol-sound-server  pysolfc  python-pmw  python-xynehttpserver  python2-cairo
                 python2-crypto  python2-dateutil  python2-dbus  python2-distribute  python2-feedparser
                 python2-gnomevfs  python2-gobject2  python2-httplib2  python2-imaging  python2-lxml  python2-numpy
                 python2-protobuf  python2-pyaudio  python2-pycurl  python2-pyenchant  python2-pytz
                 python2-reportlab  python2-sip  python2-six  python2-sympy  python2-xdg  python2-zope-interface
                 scons  trelby  wxpython
Optional For   : alsa-lib  boost  cegui  claws-mail  git  glib2  graphviz  libevent  libglade  libnewt  libproxy
                 lirc-utils  mediawiki  net-snmp  openimageio  subversion  talloc  tdb  texlive-core  usbutils
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :   0.00 KiB
Packager       : None
Build Date     : None
Install Date   : None
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : Unknown

This happened after I had to power cycle the machine manually because either the 3.8.5 kernel or systemd got stuck during powerdown and failed to reboot. So it looks like this will also corrupt the pacman database, even though pacman wasn't running at the time of reboot.