On 07/07/2012 07:28 PM, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 13:25:29 -0400, Dave Reisner wrote:
Hey all,

Allan pushed glib 2.16-2 into [testing] which removes /lib as a
directory, replacing it with a symlink. A bit of advice...

- In the simplest case, the upgrade can be done as simply as:

     pacman -Syu --ignore glibc && pacman -S glibc

- Since nothing is ever simple, if the above still fails on installation
   of glibc (with a somewhat cryptic "/lib exists" error), you'll need to
   figure out what's still in /lib that doesn't belong to glibc.
   Generally this will end up being modules/. pacman -Qo /lib/* will
   pinpoint what needs fixing/removing. Deal with anything that isn't
   owned explicitly by glibc and complete the installation.

It shouldn't need to be said, but I'll mention it anyways:

Do. Not. Use. (the) --force. Obi-wan approves of this.


Also, install busybox so you have statically linked tools to
fix your system if it breaks (specifically "rmdir" and "ln").


        Geert


Just wanted to give a warm thank for all hints, as my upgrade to glibc 2.16-2 went very smooth by following strictly the descibes steps.
Great help from the community as always.

Regards.

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