On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:24:55PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Martin Cigorraga <m...@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
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