FS#75630 - pacman no longer installs packages when /usr/share is a symlink
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Pacman
Opened by Theo Campbell (TheoCGaming) - Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 13:21 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 18 August 2022, 07:15 GMT
Opened by Theo Campbell (TheoCGaming) - Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 13:21 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 18 August 2022, 07:15 GMT
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platform: x86_64 fs; ext4 link from: /usr/share link to: /home/user/root/share Steps to Reproduce: step 1: create a symlink from /usr/share to another place in the file system step 2: attempt to install a package expected result: package installs with no errors observed result: error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) package_name: /usr/share exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. implications: not only can new packages not be installed, existing ones can't be updated. wait how am i going to get the fix? |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 07:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Expected behaviour
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 07:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Expected behaviour
Mounts/bind mounts if you really need to, but doing it for /usr/share/ doesn't seem like a good idea.