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_dunmer

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From: Bratislava, Slovakia

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 40

[Solved]missing file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/freenx-0.7.3-4/desc

Hello,

I downgared some of xorg related packages because of this bug:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83918&p=1

this is list of them:

fixesproto-4.0-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libdmx-1.0.99.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libdrm-2.4.13-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libx11-1.2.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxaw-1.0.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxcomposite-0.4.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxdamage-1.1.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxdmcp-1.0.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxext-1.0.5-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxfixes-4.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxfont-1.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxfontcache-1.0.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxft-2.1.13-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxi-1.2.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxinerama-1.0.99.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxkbfile-1.0.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxpm-3.5.7-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxrender-0.9.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxres-1.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxt-1.0.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxtst-1.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxv-1.0.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxvmc-1.0.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxxf86dga-1.1.1-0.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxxf86misc-1.0.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
libxxf86vm-1.0.99.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
mesa-7.5.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xextproto-7.0.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xf86-input-evdev-2.2.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-apps-7.5-1.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-font-utils-7.4-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-fonts-alias-1.0.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-fonts-encodings-1.0.2-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-server-1.6.3.901-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-server-utils-7.4-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-utils-7.4-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-xauth-1.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xorg-xkb-utils-7.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
xterm-246-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

And i messed something up, because now i can't upgrade xorg, and whole system upgrade ignoring xorg related stuff.

[root@joybox ~]# pacman -Sy xorg
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 kdemod-core is up to date
 kdemod-extragear is up to date
xorg package not found, searching for group...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/freenx-0.7.3-4/desc: No such file or directory
error: 'xorg': not found in sync db

[root@joybox ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 kdemod-core is up to date
 kdemod-extragear is up to date
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/freenx-0.7.3-4/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (4): xextproto-7.1.1-1  fixesproto-4.1.1-1  kchmviewer-4.1-2  openssl-0.9.8l-1

Total Download Size:    3.34 MB
Total Installed Size:   10.08 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

/* When pacman -syu is performed, the error is displayed many times, i cut it off and past just one. */

What should I do to fix this?
Thank you

Last edited by _dunmer (2009-11-10 11:25:35)

wonder

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Re: [Solved]missing file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/freenx-0.7.3-4/desc

usually this kind of errors are fixed with pacman -Syyu

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_dunmer

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From: Bratislava, Slovakia

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 40

Re: [Solved]missing file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/freenx-0.7.3-4/desc

usually this kind of errors are fixed with pacman -Syyu

Thanks, but after reboot pacman -Syu works fine.
But anyway, I try to remember -Syyu .)