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ohmysql

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Registered: 2015-03-13

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Sudo won't upgrade

Does anyone have any insight on this? Been trying to upgrade sudo and I get a strange error message:

error: could not rename /etc/sudo.conf.pacnew to /etc/sudo.conf (Operation not permitted)
error: problem occurred while upgrading sudo
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Version:

sudo -V
Sudo version 1.9.10

Last edited by ohmysql (2022-03-10 17:45:51)

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Sudo won't upgrade

Post the full output. Pacman doesn't manage pacnew files, that's your job.

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ohmysql

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Registered: 2015-03-13

Posts: 33

Re: Sudo won't upgrade

Ah never, somehow /etc/sudo.conf had become immutable. Weird, it's fixed now. This was a pacman message. Thanks!

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Sudo won't upgrade

What did you did to pacman to make it handle pacnew files in the first place?
Whatever it was is a terrible idea and guaranteed to cause your system to break at some point.

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fukawi2

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Re: Sudo won't upgrade

MOD: Not System Admin; Moving to "Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues"

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