FS#59595 - failed to initialise alpm library: misleading error
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Pacman
Opened by morganamilo (morganamilo) - Friday, 10 August 2018, 00:41 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 02:15 GMT
Opened by morganamilo (morganamilo) - Friday, 10 August 2018, 00:41 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 02:15 GMT
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Summary and Info:
When failing to initialise alpm, pacman seems to always generate the message: error: failed to initialise alpm library (could not find or read directory: <dbpath>) This happens even if the dbpath is unrelated to the error Steps to Reproduce: pacman --root /does/not/exist --dbpath /var/lib/pacman/ |
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Closed by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 02:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/com mit/?id=424129e8d1e91987a9799a49391f1271 b069c5cf
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 02:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/com mit/?id=424129e8d1e91987a9799a49391f1271 b069c5cf