Thanks for the info, now I know why I got that message.

But my original question remains, how can I verify if the files on my
harddrive actually match the files in the package?

Thanks,
-don-


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:14:29 -0500 (EST), Eric Belanger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> It's not a bug, more like a warning. You get a "error while loading shared
> libraries" when you upgrade readline or ncurses. Check
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?id=2189&do=details
> 
> 
> 
> ==============================================
> Eric B�langer
> D�partement de physique
> Universit� de Montr�al
> Bureau B-416, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry
> T�l. : (514) 343-6111 ext. 8746
> Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ==============================================
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Don Bostrom wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've been running Arch Linux 0.7 now for about 3 weeks, and it will soon
> > be replacing RedHat 9 on my 3 other machines.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I have run into a situation where I don't know how to
> > proceed.
> > 
> > I have just synced the ncurses package with the "pacman -S ncurses"
> > command and I received an error along with the rest of the normal output:
> > 
> > ------------------------------8<----------------------------
> > Targets: ncurses-5.4-2
> > 
> > Total Package Size:   1.5 MB
> > 
> > Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] 
> > 
> > :: Retrieving packages from current...
> >  ncurses-5.4-2            [################] 100%    1570K   302.9K/s 
> > 00:00:05
> > 
> > checking package integrity... done.
> > loading package data... done.
> > checking for file conflicts... done.
> > sh: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > upgrading ncurses... done.
> > ------------------------------8<----------------------------
> > 
> > Now I am unsure whether the ncurses package has actually been installed
> > correctly or not. I searched for an option to pacman that would verify the
> > files of an installed package, but found none.
> > 
> > Is there any way to ensure that the files on my system match those that
> > were delivered in the package I (theoretically) installed?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > -don-
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> 


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