On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 17:41:28 -0600 Javier via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi ! > > On Today's upgrade: > > % pacman -Syu > :: Synchronizing package databases... > ... > Packages (9) ... tigervnc-1.11.0-1 ... > ... > tigervnc-1.11.0-1-x86_64 131.3 MiB 3.51 MiB/s 00:37 > [########################################################] 100% > (9/9) checking keys in keyring > [########################################################] > 100% > (9/9) checking package integrity > [########################################################] 100% > (9/9) loading package files > [########################################################] 100% > (9/9) checking for file conflicts > [########################################################] 100% > error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) > tigervnc: /usr/sbin exists in filesystem (owned by filesystem) > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. > > Usually that get fixed by using "--overwrite /usr/sbin". But I find it wrong > for tigervnc to own "/usr/sbin", so I think in this case tigervnc is not > right. Would this be the case, or it's OK for tigervnc to be the owner and > then to overwrite? > > Thanks ! > NO! DO NOT OVERWRITE! In fact, never overwrite when the file is owned by another package, you'll just create more problems. This is a packaging bug, and this package is currently uninstallable on Arch. Scimmia
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