[SOLVED] Understanding pacman's IgnorePkg messages

Hi community,
I just realized that my understanding of pacman messages regarding packages in the IgnorePkg array is quite spotty. So, here is my IgnorePkg from pacman.conf:
IgnorePkg = gnuplot fetchmail gnome-mplayer cups libcups djvulibre fcron vim-runtime gvim blas lapack
And this is the output from pacman -Syu:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: blas: ignoring package upgrade (3.2.2-11 => 3.2.1-2)
warning: cups: local (1.4.4-31) is newer than extra (1.4.4-3)
warning: djvulibre: local (3.5.22-11) is newer than extra (3.5.22-2)
warning: fcron: ignoring package upgrade (3.0.6-1 => 3.0.6-3)
warning: fetchmail: local (6.3.17-11) is newer than extra (6.3.17-1)
warning: gnome-mplayer: local (0.9.9.2-11) is newer than community (0.9.9.2-1)
warning: gnuplot: local (4.4.0-11) is newer than extra (4.4.0-1)
warning: gvim: ignoring package upgrade (7.3.3-11 => 7.3.3-1)
warning: lapack: local (3.2.2-11) is newer than extra (3.2.1-2)
warning: libcups: local (1.4.4-31) is newer than extra (1.4.4-3)
warning: screen: local (4.0.3-81) is newer than extra (4.0.3-8)
warning: subversion: local (1.6.12-12) is newer than extra (1.6.9-5)
warning: vim-runtime: ignoring package upgrade (7.3.3-11 => 7.3.3-1)
All the above packages are built locally (sometimes I don't wait upon official repos and compile a newer version, sometimes I want to change compile-time options and append $pkgrel with a '1').
And my question is: why does pacman want to update blas, gvim and vim-runtime, but is OK with gnuplot, cups, etc.? Especially if my blas is newer than /extra.
Thanks.
Last edited by Leonid.I (2010-09-24 17:14:02)

brisbin33 wrote:
In the case of blas, gvim, etc it is likely because options=(force) is specified in the PKGBUILD(s) and pacman will always want to (up|down)grade a force package in the case of a version mismatch*
*note: This is my understanding, please someone correct me if I'm wrong
Note to myself: RTFM; slap the forehead.
Yes, it was indeed due to the force option... Thank you, the wise one

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(2/2) checking for file conflicts [######################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
nvidia-utils: /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh exists in filesystem
nvidia-utils: /usr/bin/nvidia-cuda-mps-control exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
So my question is: Is there a way to make pacman understand that I have installed libgl manualy so it do not ask me to install it?
Thanks
The possible workaround is to remove my driver manually install any libgl than re-install manualy the driver and ignore libgl in the pacman configuration. But this is REALLY ugly...
Last edited by mickours (2015-06-13 19:09:41)

Thanks for your reply, that was fast!
Make my own package is definitly the right way to do this and I will when I have some time.
For now I tried the workaround I mentioned before:
mickours wrote:The possible workaround is to remove my driver manually install any libgl than re-install manualy the driver and ignore libgl in the pacman configuration. But this is REALLY ugly...
And it works!
Thanks again

[SOLVED] Failed pacman -Syu system update

I tried update pacman -Syu and gave me this message:
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
if you're sure a package manager is not already
running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
so I changed db.lck to db.lck.bac
and when I pacman -syu pacman gave me this mesage:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
initscripts: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
any Ideals?
Last edited by mephostophilis (2011-10-23 05:48:20)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1007171

[SOLVED] After pacman glibc update, cannot find command bash?

A few days ago I ran into a problem after running pacman -Syu that ended up with an unbootable system. I found this topic that ultimately solved the kernel panic-
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1127251
All that was needed was a symlink "/lib" to point to "/usr/lib"
My system now almost boots but luckily I can now get a to a shell (zsh). The problem is that I can not run bash, and various other tools- including my desktop environment and pacman.
I have checked my $path, and have verified that I have the binary file "/usr/bin/bash" and a symlink in /bin/bash to point to that binary file, which does exist...
% ls -l /bin/bash
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 24 23:43 /bin/bash -> /usr/bin/bash
% ls -l /usr/bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 738008 Mar 13 00:47 /usr/bin/bash
But when I try to start a bash shell or run a script
% bash
zsh: command not found: bash
% pacman
zsh: command not found: pacman
% /usr/bin/bash
zsh: no such file or directory /usr/bin/bash
% cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello World"
% ./test.sh
zsh: ./test.sh: bad interpreter: /bin/bash: no such file or directory
I hope i was thorough enough in providing information about my system, but please let me know if there's anything else I left out that may be able to help.
Thanks so much!
[SOLVED]- Ended up mounting my system from a live install cd, and copying over each bash binary in my system with the live media's binary.
Last edited by OrangeCrush (2013-05-25 06:38:43)

If it has only been a few months, that thread should have nothing to do with what you are experiencing. That problem stemmed from when the filesystem was actually changed from having /lib as an actual directory to /lib as a symlink to /usr/lib. Oh the problems that caused. For me it went perfectly smooth... well I did have to search for and rid /lib of extraneous unowned files, but it was smooth after that.
You say though that you did not have a /lib symlink when you checked, and then you created it? This is odd, as that is part of the filesystem package and therefore a tracked file. Maybe you should start by reinstalling the filesystem package just to make sure that the necessary components of the filesystem are all in order before proceeeding.
BTW, you should really update more often than every "few months" as that is what using a rolling release is all about. Also if you don't update very often still, never update the database (-Sy) without also updating the system (-Syu) as this will lead to partial upgrades, which can severly break your system. So never do "pacman -Sy <package>" as that is the equivalent of doing just a "pacman -Sy" and then continuing on your merry way. Big changes are in the air right now around these parts, so keeping your system up to date is probably going to be crucial in making subsequent updates as pain free as possible (we are heading towards the final /bin -> /usr/bin move!).

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