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FS#27641 - filesystem: /etc/mtab exists when upgrading to 2011.12

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Nils Martin (nms) - Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 11:36 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 11:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
When upgrading from filesystem 2011.10-1 to 2011.12-2 with "pacman -Syu" (testing enabled) the following errors occurs:

Mål (1): filesystem-2011.12-2

Total installasjonsstørrelse: 0,06 MiB
Netto oppgraderingsstørrelse: -0,26 MiB

Fortsett til installasjon? [J/n] j
(1/1) sjekker pakkeintegritet [##################################] 100%
(1/1) laster pakkefiler [##################################] 100%
(1/1) leter etter filkonflikter [##################################] 100%
feil: kunne ikke utføre transaksjon (motstridende filer)
filesystem: /etc/mtab finnes i filsystemet
Feil oppstod, ingen pakker ble oppgradert.

Quick translation: conflicting files, filesystem: /etc/mtab exists.

Tested on two different computers both running Arch 64 with testing repo enabled.

Additional info:
filesystem 2011.10-1 to 2011.12-2 upgrade.
Testing repo enabled.
Pacman v4.0.1 - libalpm v7.0.1

Steps to reproduce:
Upgrade from filesystem 2011.10-1 to 2011.12-2
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 11:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/a rch-dev-public/2011-December/022242.html

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