Can't update, hwinfo: /sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)

Ypal · 2021-10-16 12:55:42

Hi, I'm having problems completing my usual pacman -Syu, this is the output I'm getting:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
hwinfo: /sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)

I couldn't find a solution for this problem that would also apply to the /sbin folder.
This errors seems very weird to me, does anybody know what's going on here?

zenten · 2021-10-16 12:59:32

I'm getting the exact same issue, so it's not just you. I'm suspecting it might be affecting everyone with both packages right now, which from my understanding is basically everyone using Arch.

Raynman · 2021-10-16 13:02:34

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72440?p … ing=hwinfo

Ypal · 2021-10-16 13:06:10

Thanks, that's actually reassuring, I'll wait for the solution then

Scimmia · 2021-10-16 13:24:36

zenten wrote:

I'm getting the exact same issue, so it's not just you. I'm suspecting it might be affecting everyone with both packages right now, which from my understanding is basically everyone using Arch.

How do you figure that everyone using Arch has hwinfo installed? I guarantee that's not even close to true.

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zenten · 2021-10-16 13:25:54

Scimmia wrote:

zenten wrote:
I'm getting the exact same issue, so it's not just you. I'm suspecting it might be affecting everyone with both packages right now, which from my understanding is basically everyone using Arch.
How do you figure that everyone using Arch has hwinfo installed? I guarantee that's not true.

Ok, what percentage of Arch installs do you think has it installed?

Scimmia · 2021-10-16 13:28:17

zenten wrote:

Scimmia wrote:
zenten wrote:
I'm getting the exact same issue, so it's not just you. I'm suspecting it might be affecting everyone with both packages right now, which from my understanding is basically everyone using Arch.
How do you figure that everyone using Arch has hwinfo installed? I guarantee that's not true.
Ok, what percentage of Arch installs do you think has it installed?

According to pkgstats, it's about 20%, and I would guess even that would be high, as pkgstats isn't a default thing, or something most minimal systems would be running.

https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/packages?query=hwinfo

zenten · 2021-10-16 13:29:53

Scimmia wrote:

zenten wrote:
Scimmia wrote:
How do you figure that everyone using Arch has hwinfo installed? I guarantee that's not true.
Ok, what percentage of Arch installs do you think has it installed?
According to pkgstats, it's about 20%, and I would guess even that would be high, as pkgstats isn't a default thing, or something most minimal systems would be running.
https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/packages?query=hwinfo

Ok, I stand corrected. That's still a pretty high usage to not have the CI system catch basic update problems for.

Scimmia · 2021-10-16 13:30:57

There is no CI system.

zenten · 2021-10-16 13:32:44

Scimmia wrote:

There is no CI system.

Wait, what? Why? GitHub provides that for free for projects like Arch.

philotomy · 2021-10-16 15:15:51

Ypal wrote:

Thanks, that's actually reassuring, I'll wait for the solution then

Yeah, glad to see it's an identified issue. I ran into it when I tried to update this morning.

lovideo · 2021-10-16 16:13:38

Same issue here.
Hoping for help.

aethergnos · 2021-10-16 16:20:31

Glad I'm not the only one, hopefully there's a fix soon

crisnsz · 2021-10-16 16:34:36

Are you updating your system?
Just use the flag to ignore that package.
While is repair.

Ypal · 2021-10-16 17:01:45

crisnsz wrote:

Are you updating your system?
Just use the flag to ignore that package.
While is repair.

Thanks, I didn't know about that option
If anyone else is wondering, just run

pacman -Syu --ignore=hwinfo

Aldrenean · 2021-10-16 19:39:54

Fixed as of two minutes ago.

lovideo · 2021-10-16 20:12:26

Thanks!

Ypal wrote:

crisnsz wrote:
Are you updating your system?
Just use the flag to ignore that package.
While is repair.
Thanks, I didn't know about that option
If anyone else is wondering, just run
pacman -Syu --ignore=hwinfo

mcloaked · 2021-10-16 20:29:13

hwinfo 21.77-2 should appear in the repos before too long. Edit: now fixed version is in the repos.

Last edited by mcloaked (2021-10-16 21:18:54)

Ypal · 2021-10-17 17:18:01

Thanks, works perfectly now.
Do I have to mark this thread as solved? I guess it's up to the moderators, though

jasonwryan · 2021-10-17 17:35:40

Ypal wrote:

Thanks, works perfectly now.
Do I have to mark this thread as solved? I guess it's up to the moderators, though

It's your thread, so you can edit your initial post and mark it solved.

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Can't update, hwinfo: /sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem)

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