FS#69630 - [pacman] error: 'linux': could not find or read package
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Opened by Bret Towe (magnade) - Friday, 12 February 2021, 23:53 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 13 February 2021, 02:48 GMT
Opened by Bret Towe (magnade) - Friday, 12 February 2021, 23:53 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 13 February 2021, 02:48 GMT
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Description:
while helping a friend I found that both on his system and my own doing 'pacman -U linux' fails with the below error pacman -U linux loading packages... error: 'linux': could not find or read package and we can see that the package is installed pacman -Ss linux | grep insta core/linux 5.10.15.arch1-1 [installed] and i recall it upgrading last pacman -Syu I ran Additional info: * package version(s) Pacman v5.2.2 - libalpm v12.0.2 Steps to reproduce: pacman -U linux |
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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 02:48 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 02:48 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
so looking back at this I would say perhaps suggest the error message returned could use work to better note the nature of the issue