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FS#43635 - [lxc] package update not possible 1.1.0-1

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Martin L. (voby) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 15:43 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 16:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
wanted to update my system with pacman -Syu
pacman fails with error
lxc: /lib already exists in filesystem
lxc: /lib/systemd/system/lxc.service already exists in filesystem

Additional info:
* package version(s)
update from 1.0.7-3 to 1.1.0-1

Steps to reproduce:
pacman -Sy lxc
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Closed by  Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Friday, 30 January 2015, 16:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Christopher K (kotfic) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 15:57 GMT
Can confirm:

kotfic@carasgaladon:~$ sudo pacman -S lxc
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) lxc-1:1.1.0-1

Total Installed Size: 1.55 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [#####################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [#####################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [#####################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [#####################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
lxc: /lib exists in filesystem
lxc: /lib/systemd/system/lxc.service exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Comment by Marcel Huber (marcelhuberfoo) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 16:19 GMT
Can confirm too.

Regarding the package file list, I assume some files conatin a wrong path:

lib/systemd/system/lxc-net.service
lib/systemd/system/lxc.service

instead of

usr/lib/systemd/system/lxc-net.service
usr/lib/systemd/system/lxc.service

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