Strange pacman behaviour

chilebiker · 2008-10-13 23:09:38

Today I did a pacman -Syu and got the following error:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia-96xx: requires kernel26<2.6.27

Next I put the nvidia package in IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf, but again I get an error:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: nvidia-96xx: ignoring package upgrade (96.43.07-5 => 96.43.07-6)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia-96xx: requires kernel26<2.6.27

Hmmm - strange! Next thing I do is to put nvidia-96xx to NoUpgrade instead of IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf, and that's what I get:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (4): conky-1.6.1-2  e2fsprogs-1.41.2-1  kernel26-2.6.27-2  
             nvidia-96xx-96.43.07-6  

Total Download Size:    29.09 MB
Total Installed Size:   100.19 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y

It seems that neither the IgnorePkg nor the NoUpgrade option in /etc/pacman.conf work.

byte · 2008-10-13 23:13:30

Just wait and run -Syu again later.
Kernel 2.6.27 and all updated module pkgs are currently spreading to the mirrors; when you synced your db you got the new kernel pkg but the nvidia pkg wasn't there.

Last edited by byte (2008-10-13 23:14:54)

chilebiker · 2008-10-14 00:05:45

@byte: Oki, now I understand the first two error messages:
* first error: because the new nvidia needs the new kernel
* second error: the current nvidia doesn't work with the new kernel.

But why does it upgrade the nvidia package even though it is in NoUpgrade in pacman.conf?

byte · 2008-10-14 00:25:32

man pacman.conf

NoUpgrade is for individual files, you wanted IgnorePkg.

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#1 2008-10-13 23:09:38

Strange pacman behaviour

#2 2008-10-13 23:13:30

Re: Strange pacman behaviour

#3 2008-10-14 00:05:45

Re: Strange pacman behaviour

#4 2008-10-14 00:25:32

Re: Strange pacman behaviour

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