Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Raeven K.Bathory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is this resvolved? > can you try pacman-git from aur if not? > It might be resolved. In the past I used yaourt to install some packages. So, when I update my system I do yaourt -Syu --aur. Then I got this error and I switch to the pacman command to try to resolve it. While xorg-twm was install neither yaourt nor pacman would work. Now that I have removed that package, yaourt is downloading the updated packages. Yup, it just finished. My system is up to date. Thanks everyone!
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
is this resvolved?
can you try pacman-git from aur if not?
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm?
> >
> > How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided:
> > find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;
> >
>
> Here's a pastebin of
>
> find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L xorg-twm '{}' \;
>
> http://pastebin.com/m63f871d
>
>
> But since I removed this package yesterday I thought it might be
> useful to add a pastebin of the same command with the next package
> thats giving the error
>
> http://pastebin.com/m63185c46
>
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm?
>
> How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided:
> find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;
>
Here's a pastebin of
find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L xorg-twm '{}' \;
http://pastebin.com/m63f871d
But since I removed this package yesterday I thought it might be
useful to add a pastebin of the same command with the next package
thats giving the error
http://pastebin.com/m63185c46
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm?
>
I just installed tzdata-2008h-1. No problem.
> How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided:
> find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;
>
I didn't get Nathan's email. I just tried the command but it only
returns a list of files, like :
/var/lib/pacman/local/readline-5.2-8/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/nspr-4.7.1-1/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/bash-3.2.039-3/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/kernel-headers-2.6.26.3-1/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/tzdata-2008h-1/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/ncurses-5.6-8/desc
and so on. I don't think that is what was expected.
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From this, either "xorg-twm" or "inputproto" would be next in the
>> targets list, meaning pacman might be failing on one of those...
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>
> Ok, got it! It's "xorg-twm" that is causing the problem :
>
> # pacman -Sp xorg-twm
> resolving dependencies...
> error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
>
> (Thank's to Raeven for suggesting the -p)
>
> I have removed this package :
>
> # pacman -R xorg-twm
> checking dependencies...
> warning: /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc saved as /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc.pacsave
> (1/1) removing xorg-twm
> [] 100%
>
> But now pacman -Syu stops a little further with the same error. This
> time it seems to be "xcb-util" that is the culprit :
>
> # pacman -Sp xcb-util
> resolving dependencies...
> error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
>
> I don't get it. I update my system every week or so and everything was
> going fine. I don't understand why it seems so mixed up. If I do :
>
> # pacman -Ss xorg-twm
> extra/xorg-twm 1.0.4-2
>
> It looks like "xorg-twm" is a valid package. How come I can't install it?
>
> # pacman -S xorg-twm
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
>
> I am greatfull for all of you guys help (even though I'm more confused
> than at the beginning :)
Interesting. Can you install anything else BEFORE xorg-twm?
How about checking your *local* DB with the command Nathan provided:
find /var/lib/pacman/local -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From this, either "xorg-twm" or "inputproto" would be next in the > targets list, meaning pacman might be failing on one of those... > > -Dan > Ok, got it! It's "xorg-twm" that is causing the problem : # pacman -Sp xorg-twm resolving dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid) (Thank's to Raeven for suggesting the -p) I have removed this package : # pacman -R xorg-twm checking dependencies... warning: /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc saved as /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc.pacsave (1/1) removing xorg-twm [] 100% But now pacman -Syu stops a little further with the same error. This time it seems to be "xcb-util" that is the culprit : # pacman -Sp xcb-util resolving dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid) I don't get it. I update my system every week or so and everything was going fine. I don't understand why it seems so mixed up. If I do : # pacman -Ss xorg-twm extra/xorg-twm 1.0.4-2 It looks like "xorg-twm" is a valid package. How come I can't install it? # pacman -S xorg-twm resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid) I am greatfull for all of you guys help (even though I'm more confused than at the beginning :)
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
maybe you can try `pacman -Syyup --debug` `p' to print out the uris but not download or install anything i can't test it since i'm fully updated, but you could also try the `w' to just download the pkgs instead of `p' i couldn't see anything in the pacman -h about doing that so i guess we could just look in the debugging output if that doesn't quite help On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Raeven K.Bathory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what happens if you remove the possibly corrupted cached file > > /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xextproto-7.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz > > > > The line : > > debug: setting download size 0 for pkg xextproto > > changes to : > > debug: setting download size 41286 for pkg xextproto > > but the error message remains. > > So the problem package must be the next one to be checked. Is there a > way to see the list of package that pacman -Syu is checking? >
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Raeven K.Bathory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> what happens if you remove the possibly corrupted cached file >> /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xextproto-7.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz >> > > The line : > > debug: setting download size 0 for pkg xextproto > > changes to : > > debug: setting download size 41286 for pkg xextproto > > but the error message remains. > > So the problem package must be the next one to be checked. Is there a > way to see the list of package that pacman -Syu is checking? Here are two relevant clips of the pacman.log: debug: 'weex' not found in sync db => no upgrade debug: new version of 'xextproto' found (7.0.3-1 => 7.0.3-2) debug: adding package xextproto-7.0.3-2 to the transaction targets debug: 'xfce4-time-out-plugin' not found in sync db => no upgrade debug: new version of 'xorg-twm' found (1.0.4-1 => 1.0.4-2) debug: adding package xorg-twm-1.0.4-2 to the transaction targets debug: new version of 'xtrans' found (1.2.1-1 => 1.2.2-1) debug: adding package xtrans-1.2.2-1 to the transaction targets debug: new version of 'xvidcore' found (1.1.3-1 => 1.1.3-2) debug: adding package xvidcore-1.1.3-2 to the transaction targets debug: 'yaourt' not found in sync db => no upgrade resolving dependencies... and: debug: checkdeps: package xextproto-7.0.3-2 debug: checkdeps: missing dependency 'inputproto' for package 'xextproto' debug: pulling dependency inputproto (needed by xextproto) debug: checkdeps: package xorg-twm-1.0.4-2 >From this, either "xorg-twm" or "inputproto" would be next in the targets list, meaning pacman might be failing on one of those... -Dan
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Raeven K.Bathory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what happens if you remove the possibly corrupted cached file > /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xextproto-7.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz > The line : debug: setting download size 0 for pkg xextproto changes to : debug: setting download size 41286 for pkg xextproto but the error message remains. So the problem package must be the next one to be checked. Is there a way to see the list of package that pacman -Syu is checking?
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
what happens if you remove the possibly corrupted cached file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xextproto-7.0.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Can you run with --debug and show us the output? > > > > Aaron Griffin is trying to help me with my problem! I feel blessed :) > > The output of --debug is quite long so I thought I'd better put it on > pastebin. Here's the link : > > http://pastebin.com/m3c97b0aa > > Thanks >
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Can you run with --debug and show us the output?
>>>
>>
>> Aaron Griffin is trying to help me with my problem! I feel blessed :)
>>
>> The output of --debug is quite long so I thought I'd better put it on
>> pastebin. Here's the link :
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/m3c97b0aa
>
> Hmm, here is the relevant code from lib/libalpm/sync.c. You can see
> this error gets thrown if filename is null, which means
> alpm_pkg_get_filename() returned null on that particular package. Do
> you have any custom repos enabled that could potentially have invalid
> filename fields?
>
> /** Compute the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
> * package.
> * @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
> */
> static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
> {
> const char *fname;
> char *fpath;
> off_t size = 0;
>
> fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(newpkg);
> ASSERT(fname != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_NAME, -1));
>
I used to have tanis repo in my pacman.conf but it's been commented
out since june.
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Can you run with --debug and show us the output?
>>
>
> Aaron Griffin is trying to help me with my problem! I feel blessed :)
>
> The output of --debug is quite long so I thought I'd better put it on
> pastebin. Here's the link :
>
> http://pastebin.com/m3c97b0aa
Hmm, here is the relevant code from lib/libalpm/sync.c. You can see
this error gets thrown if filename is null, which means
alpm_pkg_get_filename() returned null on that particular package. Do
you have any custom repos enabled that could potentially have invalid
filename fields?
/** Compute the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
* package.
* @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
*/
static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
{
const char *fname;
char *fpath;
off_t size = 0;
fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(newpkg);
ASSERT(fname != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_NAME, -1));
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you run with --debug and show us the output? > Aaron Griffin is trying to help me with my problem! I feel blessed :) The output of --debug is quite long so I thought I'd better put it on pastebin. Here's the link : http://pastebin.com/m3c97b0aa Thanks
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Daenyth Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try using pacman -Syyu > Same error unfortunatly : # pacman -Syyu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 31.4K 90.0K/s 00:00:00 [] 100% extra402.7K 260.3K/s 00:00:02 [] 100% community354.8K 257.7K/s 00:00:01 [] 100% :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid) I'll post my --debug output as suggested by Aaron. Thanks for your help.
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
Try using pacman -Syyu
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Louis Brazeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Louis Brazeau wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a problem upgrading my x86_64 system. It started a couple of >>> days ago when my pacman -Syu reported that libxml2 could not be >>> fetched. I decided to wait a while and try again. >> >>> Then I tried to install gtk2 and got the same error. >> >>> What should I do ? >> >> Which mirror are you using? Maybe try switching to a different one and see >> if that clears things up? >> >> HTH, >> >> DR >> > > I forgot to mention that I tried with 4 different mirrors. The last > one I tryed is ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64. So, I don't > think its a mirror problem. What do you think? > > Tanks for your help. Can you run with --debug and show us the output?
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Louis Brazeau wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have a problem upgrading my x86_64 system. It started a couple of >> days ago when my pacman -Syu reported that libxml2 could not be >> fetched. I decided to wait a while and try again. > >> Then I tried to install gtk2 and got the same error. > >> What should I do ? > > Which mirror are you using? Maybe try switching to a different one and see > if that clears things up? > > HTH, > > DR > I forgot to mention that I tried with 4 different mirrors. The last one I tryed is ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64. So, I don't think its a mirror problem. What do you think? Tanks for your help.
Re: [arch-general] System upgrade problems
Louis Brazeau wrote: Hi all, I have a problem upgrading my x86_64 system. It started a couple of days ago when my pacman -Syu reported that libxml2 could not be fetched. I decided to wait a while and try again. Then I tried to install gtk2 and got the same error. What should I do ? Which mirror are you using? Maybe try switching to a different one and see if that clears things up? HTH, DR
