No change in errors after the following on my win8.1 x64 system with a 64bit msys2 install...
Jon@Black MSYS ~ $ pacman-db-upgrade Jon@Black MSYS ~ $ pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... mingw32 is up to date mingw64 is up to date msys is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/msys.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/msys.db: Unrecognized archive format ... On 2/10/15, Ray Donnelly <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Just ran `pacman -Syu` and got bunch of these messages: >> >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw32.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/mingw64.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/msys.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/msys.db: Unrecognized >> archive format >> >> Any suggestions? > > Can you try: > pacman-db-upgrade > > please? > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, >> sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is >> your >> hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought >> leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take >> a >> look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Msys2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is > your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
