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jolinfire

Member

From: France

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 176

[Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

Hello.

I want to do my daily update (I know I'm crazy), but I cannot get grub2 to be updated. Here is what I get using yaourt (it speaks english, pacman speaks french on my system), with this command line : yaourt -Syu --aur :

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: grub2-bios: requires grub2-common=1.99

Any idea to fix this problem ? I don't want to use --force option.

Thanks.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

Wait for a new version of grub2-bios maybe.

skodabenz

Banned

From: Tamilnadu, India

Registered: 2010-04-11

Posts: 382

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

Is this due to the epoch=1 being set in http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/ … k/PKGBUILD ? I think pacman assumes the version to be 1:1.99-2

Name           : grub2-bios
Version        : 1:1.99-2
URL            : http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Licenses       : GPL3
Groups         : None
Provides       : grub2
Depends On     : grub2-common=1.99
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : boot-update
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : grub2
Installed Size : 2468.00 K
Packager       : Ronald van Haren <ronald@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Sun 12 Jun 2011 03:53:24 PM IST
Install Date   : Sun 12 Jun 2011 09:00:03 PM IST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description    : The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader version 2 - Built for PC BIOS

Is the epoch set/working correctly? Shouldn't the 'Version' be just 1.99-2 ?

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Weegee

Member

Registered: 2010-08-06

Posts: 62

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

Wait for another update or try pacman -Sd grub2-bios to only upgrade grub2-bios, then pacman -Syu to upgrade the whole system.

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metre

Member

Registered: 2011-03-13

Posts: 130

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

You can try at your own risk, everything is still in [testing], you know
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Of … testing.5D

I did it:
pacman -Sdd grub2-bios grub2-common
reboot

It worked without any issue for me. You can try at your own risk, I repeat. GRUB 2 is vital for your system.

Last edited by metre (2011-06-12 23:20:30)

jolinfire

Member

From: France

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 176

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

You can try at your own risk, everything is still in [testing], you know
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Of … testing.5D

I did it:
pacman -Sdd grub2-bios grub2-common
reboot

It worked without any issue for me. You can try at your own risk, I repeat. GRUB 2 is vital for your system.

Well, I think I will wait a little. I know that if grub2 stops working, no more archlinux boot process will start...

Thanks all !

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

It should be fixed now. All packages are in [extra] and I removed the leftovers from [testing].

KlavKalashj

Member

Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 376

Re: [Grub2] cannot update to version 1.99-2

Had this problem earlier, it works for me now through a normal update. Thank you!