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ksolsim

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Registered: 2012-06-26

Posts: 38

[Solved] Pacman update failed : reiserfsprogs problems

Today I tried to do an update and got this:

[root@arch cylon-gnome]# LC_ALL=C pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (51) babl-0.1.16-1  cups-filters-1.10.0-1  desktop-file-utils-0.23-1  device-mapper-2.02.160-2  flashplugin-11.2.202.632-1  freetype2-2.6.5-2
              gettext-0.19.8.1-2  gimp-2.8.18-1  gnome-session-3.20.2-1  gnupg-2.1.14-1  gspell-1.0.3-1  hwids-20160421-1  ipython-5.0.0-2
              kcoreaddons-5.24.0-2  libassuan-2.4.3-1  libgpg-error-1.24-1  libnm-glib-1.2.2-2  libqalculate-0.9.8-2  libspectre-0.2.8-1
              libwacom-0.21-1  linux-4.6.4-1  linux-docs-4.6.4-1  linux-headers-4.6.4-1  lvm2-2.02.160-2  mesa-12.0.1-1  mesa-libgl-12.0.1-1
              networkmanager-1.2.2-2  nvidia-367.35-1  nvidia-utils-367.35-1  openjpeg2-2.1.1-1  opus-1.1.3-2  p7zip-16.02-1  pam-1.3.0-1
              procps-ng-3.3.12-1  pygobject-devel-3.20.1-1  python-gobject-3.20.1-1  python-prompt_toolkit-1.0.3-1  python-psutil-4.3.0-1
              python-pytz-2016.6.1-1  python-setuptools-1:24.0.3-1  python-tornado-4.4.0-1  python-wcwidth-0.1.7-1  python2-gobject-3.20.1-1
              python2-pillow-3.3.0-2  python2-psutil-4.3.0-1  python2-setuptools-1:24.0.3-1  reiserfsprogs-3.6.25-1  tdb-1.3.9-1  xorg-server-1.18.3-3
              xorg-server-common-1.18.3-3  xorg-server-xwayland-1.18.3-3

Total Installed Size:  477.02 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        5.21 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(51/51) checking keys in keyring                                                           [#####################################################] 100%
(51/51) checking package integrity                                                         [#####################################################] 100%
(51/51) loading package files                                                              [#####################################################] 100%
(51/51) checking for file conflicts                                                        [#####################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/debugfs.reiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/debugreiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/fsck.reiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/mkfs.reiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/mkreiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/reiserfsck exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/reiserfstune exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/resize_reiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/bin/tunefs.reiserfs exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/debugfs.reiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/debugreiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/fsck.reiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.reiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/mkreiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/reiserfsck.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/reiserfstune.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/resize_reiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
reiserfsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/tunefs.reiserfs.8.gz exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Is there a safe way to preceed? ... I don't want to force the package upgrade.

Last edited by ksolsim (2016-07-17 15:03:28)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: [Solved] Pacman update failed : reiserfsprogs problems

Do:

pacman -Qo <file>

Where <file> is one of the conflicting files to see which package pacman currently thinks owns it.

ksolsim

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Registered: 2012-06-26

Posts: 38

Re: [Solved] Pacman update failed : reiserfsprogs problems

it was not required by any package. I removed it and ugraded.

lol.. headkase I read your massage after I removed the package.. thanks anyway

Last edited by ksolsim (2016-07-17 15:05:02)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: [Solved] Pacman update failed : reiserfsprogs problems

You're welcome.  It's always problematic though when you end up with un-owned files: "how did they get there?!" 

ksolsim

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Registered: 2012-06-26

Posts: 38

Re: [Solved] Pacman update failed : reiserfsprogs problems

I don't know, that package (reiserfsprogs) was installed the first time in 2012.. and the last update it was in 2013..