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#1 2022-04-02 00:17:11
- kscz
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[SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
Issue at a high level: I was trying to get GNOME 42 ahead of the official release, I installed it and can no longer get to a fully-functioning GUI. I attempted to downgrade by removing the gnome-unstable repository from pacman and running `sudo pacman -Suu` but the downgrade fails with a ton of file-conflict errors (see logs below). I can't figure out a way to simultaneously downgrade and remove the now-conflicting dependencies - which is to say, I think gnome-desktop-common 1:42.0-1 and gnome-desktop 1:41.5-1 conflict, but downgrading gnome-desktop 1:42.0-1 to gnome-desktop-1:41.5-1 is not removing gnome-desktop-common 1:42.0-1, nor is it identifying that the older version of gnome-desktop conflicts with the new gnome-desktop-common package
If anyone could assist, I couldn't get anything to take from the wiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages - and haven't had a working machine in a couple days!
The upgrade (from `/var/log/pacman.log`)
[2022-03-31T01:05:04-0700] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2022-03-31T01:05:04-0700] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2022-03-31T01:05:04-0700] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2022-03-31T01:05:19-0700] [ALPM] transaction started
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded adwaita-icon-theme (41.0-1 -> 42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded gsettings-desktop-schemas (41.0-1 -> 42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] installed libadwaita (1:1.1.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded baobab (41.0-1 -> 42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] installed gnome-desktop-common (1:42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-desktop (1:41.5-1 -> 1:42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded evince (41.4-1 -> 42.1-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] installed js91 (91.7.1-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded gjs (2:1.70.2-1 -> 2:1.72.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-backgrounds (41.0-1 -> 42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded libnautilus-extension (41.2-1 -> 42.0+r7+gca3702e9b-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded nautilus (41.2-1 -> 42.0+r7+gca3702e9b-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] installed gnome-desktop-4 (1:42.0-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] upgraded xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (41.1-2 -> 42.0.1-1)
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] running 'glib-compile-schemas.hook'...
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2022-03-31T01:05:20-0700] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...The attempted downgrade:
`--> sudo pacman -Suu
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: adwaita-icon-theme: downgrading from version 42.0-1 to version 41.0-1
warning: baobab: downgrading from version 42.0-1 to version 41.0-1
warning: evince: downgrading from version 42.1-1 to version 41.4-1
warning: gjs: downgrading from version 2:1.72.0-1 to version 2:1.70.2-1
warning: gnome-backgrounds: downgrading from version 42.0-1 to version 41.0-1
warning: gnome-desktop: downgrading from version 1:42.0-1 to version 1:41.5-1
warning: gsettings-desktop-schemas: downgrading from version 42.0-1 to version 41.0-1
warning: libnautilus-extension: downgrading from version 42.0+r7+gca3702e9b-1 to version 41.2-1
warning: nautilus: downgrading from version 42.0+r7+gca3702e9b-1 to version 41.2-1
warning: xdg-desktop-portal-gnome: downgrading from version 42.0.1-1 to version 41.1-2
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (14) adwaita-icon-theme-41.0-1 baobab-41.0-1 evince-41.4-1 gjs-2:1.70.2-1 gnome-backgrounds-41.0-1 gnome-desktop-1:41.5-1 gsettings-desktop-schemas-41.0-1 hwloc-2.7.1-1 libnautilus-extension-41.2-1
libreoffice-fresh-7.3.2-1 libtiff-4.3.0-2 nautilus-41.2-1 pybind11-2.9.2-1 xdg-desktop-portal-gnome-41.1-2
Total Installed Size: 509.19 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 3.76 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(14/14) checking keys in keyring [########################################################################################] 100%
(14/14) checking package integrity [########################################################################################] 100%
(14/14) loading package files [########################################################################################] 100%
(14/14) checking for file conflicts [########################################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gnome/gnome-version.xml exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/annotation-glossary.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/background.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeBGCrossfade.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeBGSlideShow.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeDesktopThumbnailFactory.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeIdleMonitor.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeWallClock.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-GnomeXkbInfo.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3/gnome-desktop3-Language-Utilities.html exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
[...log truncated for brevity, needless to say more locales conflicted...]
gnome-desktop: /usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-desktop-3.0.mo exists in filesystem (owned by gnome-desktop-common)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.Packages which don't exist outside gnome-unstable:
`--> sudo pacman -Qm
gnome-desktop-4 1:42.0-1
gnome-desktop-common 1:42.0-1
gnome-documents 3.34.0+34+g678141fa-1
gnome-getting-started-docs 3.38.1-1
kicad-git 6.0.0.rc1.r113.g89228e1ebe-1
libopenaptx 0.2.0-1
opencl-amd 21.10.1247438-1
opencolorio1 1.1.1-3Last edited by kscz (2022-04-02 06:26:55)
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#2 2022-04-02 04:53:52
- CarbonChauvinist
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Re: [SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
Should be able to get back by commenting out testing repos, using -Syuu and --overwrite flag if needed.
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#3 2022-04-02 06:15:25
- kscz
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Re: [SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
Ah interesting - I was hoping there was a way to do the Sync with downgrades and also remove non-dependent packages, but perhaps the "right" answer is to pacman -Rdd on the new "gnome-desktop-common" and then attempt the downgrade?
EDIT - okay, yes, running `sudo pacman -Rdd gnome-desktop-common` followed by `sudo pacman -Syuu` appears to have resolved the issue. Not sure if it's worthwhile to report the fact that `/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3` is provided by both the new package (gnome-desktop-common) and the old package (gnome-desktop) to make it so that pacman auto-deconflicts the packages when GNOME 42 rolls out?
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#4 2022-04-02 09:46:21
- icar
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Re: [SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
I faced the same issue, emailed heftig and he told me that it's a wip and to not use it for the time being. So it's already known 
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#5 2022-04-04 07:26:32
- kscz
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Re: [SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
Ah, thanks for letting me know you already reported it icar!
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#6 2022-04-04 10:34:04
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Re: [SOLVED] v42 from gnome-unstable - GNOME broken and can't downgrade
It's been moved to testing, by the way! It's now usable
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