/etc/services clobbered in upgrade

made_in_nz · 2010-03-01 14:59:59

I've encountered this a few times and am finally sick of restoring /etc/services from backup so am posting the question:
- what package could be clobbering my /etc/services file? Every so often after an upgrade all of the local services I have added to /etc/services disappear. These are ones which I use xinetd to handle. There are no other differences other than my local services.

Any help in identifying the package, or how to prevent this would be very much appreciated, my latest upgrade was pretty big, and included the following packages:
[2010-03-01 09:38] upgraded aria2 (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:38] upgraded avahi (0.6.25-1 -> 0.6.25-3)
[2010-03-01 09:38] upgraded babl (0.1.0-1 -> 0.1.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:38] upgraded bluez (4.60-1 -> 4.61-1)
[2010-03-01 09:38] upgraded zlib (1.2.3.7-2 -> 1.2.3.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded boost (1.41.0-2 -> 1.42.0-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded lame (3.98.2-3 -> 3.98.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded cdrdao (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-3)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded dcron (4.4-1 -> 4.4-2)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded libtorrent-rasterbar (0.14.8-1 -> 0.14.9-2)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded deluge (1.2.0-2 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded parted (2.1-1 -> 2.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded devicekit-disks (009-4 -> 009-5)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded diffutils (2.8.1-6 -> 2.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded filesystem (2010.02-3 -> 2010.02-4)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded fakeroot (1.14.4-1 -> 1.14.4-2)
[2010-03-01 09:39] upgraded freetype2 (2.3.11-1 -> 2.3.12-1)
[2010-03-01 09:40] upgraded gnome-mplayer (0.9.9-2 -> 0.9.9.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:40] upgraded gecko-mediaplayer (0.9.9-1 -> 0.9.9.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:40] upgraded heimdal (1.3.1-2 -> 1.3.1-3)
[2010-03-01 09:40] upgraded gtk2 (2.18.6-1 -> 2.18.7-1)
[2010-03-01 09:40] upgraded gegl (0.1.0-2 -> 0.1.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:41] upgraded gimp (2.6.8-2 -> 2.6.8-3)
[2010-03-01 09:41] upgraded vim (7.2.359-1 -> 7.2.368-3)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded gvim (7.2.359-1 -> 7.2.368-3)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded tcp_wrappers (7.6-10 -> 7.6-11)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded net-snmp (5.4.2.1-2 -> 5.5-1)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded hplip (3.9.12-4 -> 3.9.12-5)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded iputils (20071127-2 -> 20100214-2)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded kernel26-firmware (2.6.32.8-1 -> 2.6.32.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded which (2.20-1 -> 2.20-2)
[2010-03-01 09:42] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.6.2-1 -> 0.6.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:44] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.32.8-1 -> 2.6.32.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.32.8-1 -> 2.6.32.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.11.1-1 -> 2.11.1-1.3)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-e2fsprogs (1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-zlib (1.2.3.7-2 -> 1.2.3.9-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-freetype2 (2.3.11-1 -> 2.3.12-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-heimdal (1.3.1-2 -> 1.3.1-3)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-gtk2 (2.18.6-1 -> 2.18.7-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-libdrm (2.4.17-2 -> 2.4.18-2)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-libjpeg (8-1 -> 8-2)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-libx11 (1.3.2-1 -> 1.3.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-nspr (4.8.2-1 -> 4.8.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-pixman (0.16.4-1 -> 0.16.6-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-sqlite3 (3.6.21-1 -> 3.6.22-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded lib32-qt (4.5.3-4 -> 4.6.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libarchive (2.7.1-1 -> 2.8.0-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libcdaudio (0.99.12-3 -> 0.99.12-4)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libdrm (2.4.17-4 -> 2.4.18-2)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libdvdnav (4.1.3-1 -> 4.1.3-2)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libfetch (2.26-1 -> 2.30-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libmysqlclient (5.1.42-2 -> 5.1.44-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libpurple (2.6.5-1 -> 2.6.6-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libssh (0.4.0-1 -> 0.4.1-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded libusb (0.1.12-3 -> 0.1.12-4)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded musicbrainz (2.1.5-2 -> 2.1.5-3)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded mysql-clients (5.1.42-2 -> 5.1.44-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded mysql (5.1.42-2 -> 5.1.44-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded netcfg (2.2.1-1 -> 2.5.4-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded nfs-utils (1.2.1-3 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded nspr (4.8.2-1 -> 4.8.3-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded pciutils (3.1.6-1 -> 3.1.7-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded perl-text-iconv (1.7-2 -> 1.7-3)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded perl-xyne-common (2010.02.09.2-1 -> 2010.02.11.1-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded perl-xyne-arch (2010.02.10.4-1 -> 2010.02.23.1-1)
[2010-03-01 09:45] upgraded pidgin (2.6.5-1 -> 2.6.6-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded qt (4.6.1-1 -> 4.6.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded qt3 (3.3.8-15 -> 3.3.8-17)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded raptor (1.4.20-1 -> 1.4.21-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded rasqal (0.9.17-1 -> 0.9.19-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded saxon (9.2.0.2-1 -> 9.2.0.6-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded slim (1.3.1-6 -> 1.3.1-7)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded smbclient (3.4.5-1.1 -> 3.4.6-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded sudo (1.7.2p2-1 -> 1.7.2p4-1)
[2010-03-01 09:46] upgraded syslog-ng (3.0.4-1 -> 3.0.4-3)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded thunderbird (3.0.1-1 -> 3.0.2-1)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded tidyhtml (1.37-2 -> 1.46-1)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded transmission-gtk (1.83-1 -> 1.91-1)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded unzip (6.0-4 -> 6.0-5)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded wavpack (4.60.0-1 -> 4.60.1-1)
[2010-03-01 09:47] upgraded x264 (20100207-1 -> 20100207-2)

brisbin33 · 2010-03-01 15:29:47

man pacman. specifically Q and o.

rson451 · 2010-03-01 15:55:43

Or use pkgfile from the community/pkgtools package.

wonder · 2010-03-01 16:04:37

pacman -Qo /etc/services 
/etc/services is owned by filesystem 2010.02-4

if you want that this file not to be overwrited in the future add it in /etc/pacman.conf, NoUpgrade

More:

man pacman.conf

Last edited by wonder (2010-03-01 16:05:09)

brisbin33 · 2010-03-01 16:06:26

wonder wrote:

pacman -Qo /etc/services 
/etc/services is owned by filesystem 2010.02-4

wonder, you are too nice!

made_in_nz · 2010-03-01 17:49:45

Thanks, now I feel foolish..... but happy

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#1 2010-03-01 14:59:59

/etc/services clobbered in upgrade

#2 2010-03-01 15:29:47

Re: /etc/services clobbered in upgrade

#3 2010-03-01 15:55:43

Re: /etc/services clobbered in upgrade

#4 2010-03-01 16:04:37

Re: /etc/services clobbered in upgrade

#5 2010-03-01 16:06:26

Re: /etc/services clobbered in upgrade

#6 2010-03-01 17:49:45

Re: /etc/services clobbered in upgrade

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