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FS#5475 - kernel-headers install problem

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Gábor Nyékhelyi (n0gabor) - Saturday, 30 September 2006, 09:55 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

pacman -S kernel-headers

Targets: kernel-headers-2.6.18-3

Total Package Size: 0.6 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n]

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts... done.
upgrading kernel-headers...
could not extract usr/include/asm-generic/: No such file or directory
could not extract usr/include/asm-generic/atomic.h: No such file or directory
errors occurred while upgrading kernel-headers
done.


pacman -Rd kernel-headers
removing kernel-headers... done.

pacman -S kernel-headers

Targets: kernel-headers-2.6.18-3

Total Package Size: 0.6 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n]

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
kernel-headers: /usr/include/asm-generic: exists in filesystem
kernel-headers: /usr/include/asm: exists in filesystem


errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.




This task depends upon

Closed by  Woody Gilk (Shadowhand)
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 04:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Tested and working here, could not reproduce.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 30 September 2006, 10:13 GMT
Check your filesystem for errors, usually these things happen when your filesystem is in an inconsistent state. I can't reproduce it here.

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