dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem
 

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is
> a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force.

I have never used a testing repository, and I am getting the same error.
The conflict is with systemd-arch-units-20120704-1.

pants.

dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem
 

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Martin Cigorraga <msx@archlinux.us> wrote:
> > ~# pacman -Syu
> > ...
> > ...
> > (6/6) checking package integrity
> > [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > (6/6) loading package files
> > [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > (6/6) checking for file conflicts
> > [---------------------------------------] 100%
> > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> > dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem
> > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> > ~ #
> >
> > I presume in this case is safe to -f, I can rename the conflicting package
> > too, but I would like to know how's the right way to proceed here.
>
> Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is
> a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force.
>
> If you DO use force, what will happen is that the the conflicting file
> will be owned by both packages, and when systemd-arch-units gets
> updated in the future to remove the file, the files will be deleted
> from your system.
>
> -t
systemd-arch-units no longer has dhcpcd@.service in it
--
Daniel Wallace
Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
Georgia Institute of Technology

dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem
 

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:32:33PM -0700, pants wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is
> > a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force.
>
> I have never used a testing repository, and I am getting the same error.
> The conflict is with systemd-arch-units-20120704-1.
>
> pants.


Community takes longer to sync, the 20120704-2 should take care of it
--
Daniel Wallace
Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
Georgia Institute of Technology

dhcpcd: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service exists in filesystem
 

On 14 August 2012 18:44, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wallace@gatech.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:32:33PM -0700, pants wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > > Either you are using [testing] without [community-testing], or this is
> > > a packaging bug. Either way, don't use --force.
> >
> > I have never used a testing repository, and I am getting the same error.
> > The conflict is with systemd-arch-units-20120704-1.
> >
> > pants.
>
>
> Community takes longer to sync, the 20120704-2 should take care of it
> --
> Daniel Wallace
> Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
> Georgia Institute of Technology
>


Will wait then, thank you guys for the explanations!

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-msx