Update error ?!

sDoky · 2009-06-21 15:22:38

Hi, I am experiencing some sort of an error, see below:

[minimal@sdoky-laptop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
Password: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                      33.5K  144.1K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
 extra                    381.3K  167.6K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
 community                366.2K  177.6K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
 archlinuxfr is up to date
 archlinuxve is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: splashy: local (0.3.13-1) is newer than archlinuxve (0.3.10-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (46): aurtools-1.5.6.2-1  gconf-2.26.2-2  bug-buddy-2.26.0-2  
              e2fsprogs-1.41.6-1  cryptsetup-1.0.6-3  devicekit-power-008-1  
              dnsmasq-2.49-1  ed-1.3-1  fam-2.7.0-12  filesystem-2009.01-2  
              findutils-4.4.2-1  mozilla-common-1.4-1  nspr-4.8-1  
              mime-types-1.0-2  xulrunner-1.9.0.11-1  firefox-3.0.11-1  
              flex-2.5.35-3  gnome-power-manager-2.26.2-1  hwdetect-2009.06-1  
              klibc-1.5.15-3  klibc-extras-2.5-4  klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-10  
              klibc-module-init-tools-3.8-1  klibc-udev-141-3  libftdi-0.15-3  
              libv4l-0.5.99-1  sqlite3-3.6.15-1  libwebkit-1.1.10-1  
              lua-5.1.4-3  man-db-2.5.5-2  udev-141-3  mkinitcpio-0.5.25-1  
              module-init-tools-3.8-1  ndiswrapper-utils-1.54-2  
              openal-1.8.466-1  pacman-mirrorlist-20090616-1  
              pygoocanvas-0.14.1-1  tdb-3.3.5-1  smbclient-3.3.5-1  
              speex-1.2rc1-1.1  tzdata-2009j-1  vte-0.20.5-1  webmin-1.480-1  
              python-urwid-0.9.8.4-1  wicd-1.6.0-2  wine-1.1.24-1  

Total Download Size:    1.26 MB
Total Installed Size:   341.34 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
 man-db-2.5.5-2-i686      703.5K  175.1K/s 00:00:04 [#####################] 100%
 ndiswrapper-utils-1...    15.5K  134.8K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
 tzdata-2009j-1-i686      570.7K  174.2K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(46/46) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
mime-types: /etc/mime.types exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[minimal@sdoky-laptop ~]$

by the output I suppose I should delete /etc/mime.types but then I thought that something like that was normal with installation of 2006.02, I think. It was something with klibc, which gave tons of errors, just simple symlink fixed that, I hope this is the same case. thanks

cliffbreaker · 2009-06-21 16:05:58

Well I guess you changed mirrors recently. Your current mirror is longer unupdated than previous. That's why it contains older packages than you have in your system. Just wait until it updates or choose another, which is updated more often. These error will disappear.

Your other problem is that you have 2 enabled repos with files conflicting with each other. Leave just one repo and make pacman -Syy and try to work with one repo. This must help.

Last edited by cliffbreaker (2009-06-21 16:07:47)

sDoky · 2009-06-21 18:07:36

I have left only default setting: core, community & extra. It still gives me the error I am talking about. The error about splashy is no biggie, because I have compiled it from aur. This is what I see now:

[minimal@sdoky-laptop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (46): aurtools-1.5.6.2-1  gconf-2.26.2-2  bug-buddy-2.26.0-2  
              e2fsprogs-1.41.6-1  cryptsetup-1.0.6-3  devicekit-power-008-1  
              dnsmasq-2.49-1  ed-1.3-1  fam-2.7.0-12  filesystem-2009.01-2  
              findutils-4.4.2-1  mozilla-common-1.4-1  nspr-4.8-1  
              mime-types-1.0-2  xulrunner-1.9.0.11-1  firefox-3.0.11-1  
              flex-2.5.35-3  gnome-power-manager-2.26.2-1  hwdetect-2009.06-1  
              klibc-1.5.15-3  klibc-extras-2.5-4  klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-10  
              klibc-module-init-tools-3.8-1  klibc-udev-141-3  libftdi-0.15-3  
              libv4l-0.5.99-1  sqlite3-3.6.15-1  libwebkit-1.1.10-1  
              lua-5.1.4-3  man-db-2.5.5-2  udev-141-3  mkinitcpio-0.5.25-1  
              module-init-tools-3.8-1  ndiswrapper-utils-1.54-2  
              openal-1.8.466-1  pacman-mirrorlist-20090616-1  
              pygoocanvas-0.14.1-1  tdb-3.3.5-1  smbclient-3.3.5-1  
              speex-1.2rc1-1.1  tzdata-2009j-1  vte-0.20.5-1  webmin-1.480-1  
              python-urwid-0.9.8.4-1  wicd-1.6.0-2  wine-1.1.24-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   341.34 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(46/46) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
mime-types: /etc/mime.types exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[minimal@sdoky-laptop ~]$

Well it is the same as before. And it really bugs me, I like to have my system up-to-date... Thanks

sDoky · 2009-06-21 18:09:12

And I did not change mirrors recently. Updates worked this way for about a month (no change)...

sDoky · 2009-06-22 08:26:27

People, help me please

sDoky · 2009-06-22 08:31:25

I did this

sudo mv /etc/mime.types /etc/mime.types.bak

and it seems all right, but can anyone of you tell me why did this happen?

Last edited by sDoky (2009-06-22 08:33:35)

Allan · 2009-06-22 09:11:55

That is the solution. It may have been good to do a "pacman -Qo /etc/mime.types" to see if another program owned that file.

Either:
1) you created that file
2) some program created that file
3) some package owned that file and pacman lost track of that file somehow...

For 1 or 2, you did the right thing.

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#1 2009-06-21 15:22:38

Update error ?!

#2 2009-06-21 16:05:58

Re: Update error ?!

#3 2009-06-21 18:07:36

Re: Update error ?!

#4 2009-06-21 18:09:12

Re: Update error ?!

#5 2009-06-22 08:26:27

Re: Update error ?!

#6 2009-06-22 08:31:25

Re: Update error ?!

#7 2009-06-22 09:11:55

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