[SOLVED] Cannot upgrade; conflicting files with bluez-utils

lonemangx · 2014-08-28 10:54:28

When I try to update the system I get this error:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
bluez-utils: /usr/bin/gatttool exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I found this bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41661 but it's now closed. The details said --force is safe while one commenter said it's not safe. What is the proper action here? Can I just ignore the bluez-utils package temporarily or just rename the gatttool and remove it later after upgrade?

Last edited by lonemangx (2014-08-29 15:03:12)

arojas · 2014-08-28 11:04:22

As explained in the bug report, it is an issue with the bluez4 package. Either update it or remove it.

WorMzy · 2014-08-28 12:56:10

It is "not safe" because a package already owns the file. Two packages should not own the same file.

lonemangx · 2014-08-29 15:02:34

Ok just updated it by removing the conflicting file.

arojas · 2014-08-29 16:28:44

lonemangx wrote:

Ok just updated it by removing the conflicting file.

Which is exactly the same as using --force... You should have updated bluez4 as I told you, now your pacman database is broken.

lonemangx · 2014-08-29 18:26:19

arojas wrote:

Which is exactly the same as using --force... You should have updated bluez4 as I told you, now your pacman database is broken.

I didn't know you mean that. I am confused because bluez4 is in the AUR, which I don't remember installing from there and then it owns a file on my system. So I should be installing bluez4 from the AUR instead?

arojas · 2014-08-29 18:40:29

Then you probably have it as leftover from when it was in [extra]. In that case, uninstall it and reinstall bluez-utils to fix the pacman db.

lonemangx · 2014-08-30 13:24:45

Ok, got it. Thanks for the help.

MisterAnderson · 2014-11-24 04:40:42

I uninstalled bluez4 and did

pacman -Syu bluez

and it's all good. Not sure if I needed to uninstall bluez4 first or not.

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#1 2014-08-28 10:54:28

[SOLVED] Cannot upgrade; conflicting files with bluez-utils

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot upgrade; conflicting files with bluez-utils

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot upgrade; conflicting files with bluez-utils

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