On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mate...@loskot.net> wrote: > On 9 July 2012 17:11, Daniel Wallace <daniel.wall...@gatech.edu> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:52:08PM +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote: >>> On 9 July 2012 16:49, David C. Rankin <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Tom, All, >>> > >>> > I ran into the following error regarding util-linux upgrade. I've looked >>> > in the forum and the website, but nothing specific to it. The error is: >>> > >>> > (72/72) checking for file conflicts >>> > [###########################################] 100% >>> > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) >>> > util-linux: /bin/login exists in filesystem >>> >>> > [...] >>> >>> Check the ArchLinux ARM forum: >>> >>> http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3036&p=18467 >>> >>> where filesystem upgrade is suggested: >>> >>> pacman -Syuf >>> >>> But, I'd wait until someone confirms it is the right way to go. >> >> never -Syuf >> never -Suf >> never force an upgrade > > In this particular case, what about: > > pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem && pacman -S filesystem --force
This is a separate issue, which there was a news item about. David's question was not about filesystem, but about util-linux/shadow. Cheers, Tom
