Is this a bug of pacman -Syu?

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 07:39:17

I found a strange thing. When I finished the installation and run pacman -Syu to update the system. Then don't restart the machine and go on install other packages, such as pacman -S xorg, gnome or whatever. I found the /etc/inittab file has been changed to inittab.pacsav. When I restart the PC after all packages installed, I got the error message of "No inittab such file or directory" When I recovered from the CD to change inittab.pacsav to inittab. It can find this file, however, the new error message display "rc.sysinit No such file or directory". I have tested it twice on the vmware. It's same issue. Could you some one kindly help this?

Thanks a lot.

Allan · 2008-11-03 07:45:57

Did you for some reason uninstall initscripts?

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 07:50:21

Hi, I think I didn' t run any uninstall initscripts. Just update the system and install some softwares.

Allan · 2008-11-03 07:55:08

The pacsave file indicates that youremoved initscripts at some stage. During your update, did you answer yes to any pacman queries?

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:00:35

oh~~~ yes, I answered yes during the update. I don't remeber the details. But it has three times to answer "Y".

Allan · 2008-11-03 08:05:05

It all seems a bit strange, but if you could post exactly what you get asked during the update it would be very helpful. What install CD are you using?

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:12:07

I use Archlinux-i686-2007.08-2.core to install. I tested again and got this message when I install gnome xfce4 gdm... Please check it. I saw the Remove initscripts... It only can answer "yes" then install the packages.

[root@arch supdaniel]# pacman -S gnome xfce4 gdm
gnome package not found, searching for group...
:: group gnome (including ignored packages):
epiphany gnome-applets gnome-backgrounds gnome-control-center
gnome-desktop gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-mime-data gnome-mount

gnome-panel gnome-python gnome-screensaver gnome-session
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-themes gnome2-user-docs libgail-gnome
metacity nautilus yelp
:: Install whole content? [Y/n] y
xfce4 package not found, searching for group...
:: group xfce4 (including ignored packages):
exo gtk-xfce-engine libxfce4mcs libxfce4util libxfcegui4 mousepad
squeeze terminal thunar xfce-mcs-manager xfce-mcs-plugins xfce-utils
xfce4-appfinder xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-mixer xfce4-panel xfce4-session

xfdesktop xfprint xfwm4 xfwm4-themes
:: Install whole content? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
warning: provider package was selected (bash provides sh)
warning: provider package was selected (freeglut provides glut)
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts? [Y/n]

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:16:50

Hi I found the message after the install these packages. It's weird. I think these files has changed by this.

checking package integrity...
warning: /etc/rc.local.shutdown saved as /etc/rc.local.shutdown.pacsave
warning: /etc/rc.local saved as /etc/rc.local.pacsave
warning: /etc/rc.conf saved as /etc/rc.conf.pacsave
warning: /etc/inittab saved as /etc/inittab.pacsave
( 6/218) checking for file conflicts [---------------------] 2
( 8/218) checking for file conflicts [---------------------] 3
( 11/218) checking for file conflicts [#--------------------] 5
( 19/218) checking for file conflicts [#--------------------] 8
( 25/218) checking for file conflicts [##-------------------] 11
( 39/218) checking for file conflicts [###------------------] 17

Allan · 2008-11-03 08:23:13

supdaniel wrote:

:: udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts? [Y/n]

That tells me you had an old version of initscripts installed. Are you sure you did a "pacman -Syu" before you started installing everything else. initscripts should have been updated to a version compatible with udev.

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:27:51

Yes, I am sure I do "pacman -Syu" first, then pacman -S xorg, pacman -S gnome xfce4 gdm.

jacko · 2008-11-03 08:34:12

try pacman -Syyu, then re-install initscripts. Double check you have a good mirror.

http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:37:34

Thanks a lot. I will follow your suggestion.

Allan · 2008-11-03 08:37:43

My guess is that the "pacman -Syu" fails. Probably due to this: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56431

supdaniel · 2008-11-03 08:59:05

Allan wrote:

My guess is that the "pacman -Syu" fails. Probably due to this: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56431

Thanks a lot Allan. You are right, it's the problem of symbolic link. It's all right when I move the /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm. And update system and install software have no any errors. Hightly appreciated your great help.

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#1 2008-11-03 07:39:17

Is this a bug of pacman -Syu?

#2 2008-11-03 07:45:57

Re: Is this a bug of pacman -Syu?

#3 2008-11-03 07:50:21

Re: Is this a bug of pacman -Syu?

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