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FS#51804 - pacman throws an error complaining about a dublicate file(s) when I do a system upgrade

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by donatom (donatom) - Saturday, 12 November 2016, 23:37 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 12 November 2016, 23:44 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:When upgrading system with pacman, pacman throws the following error:
[code] (7/7) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/geoclue.devhelp2 exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/home.png exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/index.html exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/left.png exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/right.png exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/style.css exists in filesystem
geoclue2: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/up.png exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
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I ran the "pacman -Qo" command on the first file and here are the results:
[code] [root@arch Desktop]# pacman -Qo /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/geoclue.devhelp2
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/geoclue/geoclue.devhelp2 is owned by geoclue 0.12.99-2 [/code]

It seems that there is a problem with pacman when it tries to update "geoclue2-2.4.4-2". Obviously I cannot rename the conflicting files (as archwiki mentions).

I have googled errors and could not find this problem, and I have looked at the new arch bug-reports without finding anything similar.


Additional info:
* package version(s): geoclue2-2.4.4-2

* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce: pacman (logically) throws this error every time I attempt a system upgrade (pacman -Syu)
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Saturday, 12 November 2016, 23:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  geoclue is not in the repos, it is not Arch's responsibility.

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