pacman gone

[mmoalem]

hi there all - tried to update software and resulted in error:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
alarm is up to date
aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (41): alsa-lib-1.0.26-1 avahi-0.6.31-4 binutils-2.22-10
coreutils-8.19-1 dbus-1.6.8-1 dbus-core-1.6.8-1 dhcpcd-5.6.2-1
ffmpeg-1:1.0-1 filesystem-2012.8-1 glibc-2.16.0-4
gnutls-3.1.2-1 hwids-20120922-1 initscripts-2012.08.3-2
kmod-10-1 less-451-1 libarchive-3.0.4-2 libcups-1.6.1-6
libpipeline-1.2.2-1 libtasn1-2.14-1 libtiff-4.0.3-1
libwbclient-3.6.8-1 man-db-2.6.3-1 minidlna-1.0.25-2
mkinitcpio-busybox-1.20.2-1 pacman-mirrorlist-20120916-1
perl-net-ssleay-1.49-1 pinentry-0.8.2-1 ppp-2.4.5-4
procps-ng-3.3.3-6 run-parts-4.3.4-1 samba-3.6.8-1 sdl-1.2.15-3
smbclient-3.6.8-1 syslog-ng-3.3.6-1 systemd-193-1
sysvinit-2.88-8 sysvinit-tools-2.88-8 transmission-cli-2.71-1
tzdata-2012f-1 util-linux-2.22-6 webmin-1.600-1

Total Download Size: 53.97 MiB
Total Installed Size: 350.89 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 10.24 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from core...
tzdata-2012f-1-any 140.5 KiB 58.6K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
glibc-2.16.0-4-arm 7.6 MiB 225K/s 00:35 [######################] 100
coreutils-8.19-1-arm 1934.7 KiB 144K/s 00:13 [######################] 100
filesystem-2012.8-1-any 5.8 KiB 1940K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
kmod-10-1-arm 85.8 KiB 229K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
hwids-20120922-1-any 277.8 KiB 158K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
util-linux-2.22-6-arm 1489.5 KiB 121K/s 00:12 [######################] 100
systemd-193-1-arm 1109.8 KiB 204K/s 00:05 [######################] 100
dbus-core-1.6.8-1-arm 354.1 KiB 169K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
binutils-2.22-10-arm 3.0 MiB 165K/s 00:19 [######################] 100
dhcpcd-5.6.2-1-arm 68.3 KiB 42.1K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
sysvinit-tools-2.88... 24.0 KiB 22.5K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
sysvinit-2.88-8-arm 39.5 KiB 57.9K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
initscripts-2012.08... 23.1 KiB 67.2K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
less-451-1-arm 78.3 KiB 73.1K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
libarchive-3.0.4-2-arm 461.9 KiB 179K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
libpipeline-1.2.2-1-arm 28.2 KiB 1611K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
man-db-2.6.3-1-arm 325.4 KiB 228K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
mkinitcpio-busybox-... 144.9 KiB 195K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
pacman-mirrorlist-2... 768.0 B 3.44M/s 00:00 [######################] 100
pinentry-0.8.2-1-arm 83.1 KiB 117K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
ppp-2.4.5-4-arm 239.8 KiB 161K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
procps-ng-3.3.3-6-arm 196.6 KiB 62.8K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
run-parts-4.3.4-1-arm 18.7 KiB 1712K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
syslog-ng-3.3.6-1-arm 299.4 KiB 120K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
alsa-lib-1.0.26-1-arm 322.3 KiB 125K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
dbus-1.6.8-1-arm 21.9 KiB 1623K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
avahi-0.6.31-4-arm 358.6 KiB 104K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
sdl-1.2.15-3-arm 300.4 KiB 144K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
ffmpeg-1:1.0-1-arm 4.0 MiB 188K/s 00:22 [######################] 100
libtasn1-2.14-1-arm 93.8 KiB 35.7K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
gnutls-3.1.2-1-arm 1612.4 KiB 154K/s 00:10 [######################] 100
libtiff-4.0.3-1-arm 780.9 KiB 159K/s 00:05 [######################] 100
libcups-1.6.1-6-arm 227.1 KiB 211K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
libwbclient-3.6.8-1-arm 15.3 KiB 1693K/s 00:00 [######################] 100
perl-net-ssleay-1.4... 353.1 KiB 196K/s 00:02 [######################] 100
smbclient-3.6.8-1-arm 5.8 MiB 200K/s 00:30 [######################] 100
samba-3.6.8-1-arm 11.7 MiB 256K/s 00:47 [######################] 100
transmission-cli-2.... 478.7 KiB 169K/s 00:03 [######################] 100
webmin-1.600-1-arm 9.9 MiB 248K/s 00:41 [######################] 100
:: Retrieving packages from community...
minidlna-1.0.25-2-arm 108.0 KiB 151K/s 00:01 [######################] 100
(41/41) checking package integrity [######################] 100
(41/41) loading package files [######################] 100
(41/41) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syuf
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
alarm is up to date
aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (41): alsa-lib-1.0.26-1 avahi-0.6.31-4 binutils-2.22-10
coreutils-8.19-1 dbus-1.6.8-1 dbus-core-1.6.8-1 dhcpcd-5.6.2-1
ffmpeg-1:1.0-1 filesystem-2012.8-1 glibc-2.16.0-4
gnutls-3.1.2-1 hwids-20120922-1 initscripts-2012.08.3-2
kmod-10-1 less-451-1 libarchive-3.0.4-2 libcups-1.6.1-6
libpipeline-1.2.2-1 libtasn1-2.14-1 libtiff-4.0.3-1
libwbclient-3.6.8-1 man-db-2.6.3-1 minidlna-1.0.25-2
mkinitcpio-busybox-1.20.2-1 pacman-mirrorlist-20120916-1
perl-net-ssleay-1.49-1 pinentry-0.8.2-1 ppp-2.4.5-4
procps-ng-3.3.3-6 run-parts-4.3.4-1 samba-3.6.8-1 sdl-1.2.15-3
smbclient-3.6.8-1 syslog-ng-3.3.6-1 systemd-193-1
sysvinit-2.88-8 sysvinit-tools-2.88-8 transmission-cli-2.71-1
tzdata-2012f-1 util-linux-2.22-6 webmin-1.600-1

Total Installed Size: 350.89 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 10.24 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(41/41) checking package integrity [######################] 100
(41/41) loading package files [######################] 100
(41/41) checking available disk space [######################] 100
( 1/41) upgrading tzdata [######################] 100
( 2/41) upgrading glibc [######################] 100
error: extract: not overwriting dir with file lib
error: problem occurred while upgrading glibc
call to execv failed (No such file or directory)
error: command failed to execute correctly
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Sf gcc-libs
-bash: /usr/bin/pacman: No such file or directory
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Sc
-bash: /usr/bin/pacman: No such file or directory

[pepedog]

If you haven't rebooted
/usr/lib/ld-2.16.so /usr/bin/pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
/usr/lib/ld-2.16.so /usr/bin/pacman -Syu

[mmoalem]

hi and thanks for the help
cant access terminal through putty (windows close on login)
have admin installed and it runs but the commands dont return anything...

have not rebooted yet. does this make a difference?

[mmoalem]

ok - have now reinstalled a clean most recent tar from here.
upgrading the system had same error - did:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Syu --ignore glibc') which worked
than $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ']pacman -Syu') which still gave me an error than following this:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:usrlib
i did $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ']pacman -Su') with still same error

any ideas - the system working as far as i can tell but obviously something is wrong and i am worried it will break on me with a software update at some point

[Geoff]

What worked for me was to boot up from another bootable USB stick, then plug this one in and use pacman's --root flag to update it. That way, pacman won't break in the middle of the update.

[mmoalem]

ok - seems to got this sorted in a round way

1 installed fresh tar into partition

2 cp all from lib to /usr/lib

3. renamed /lib to /0lib (for safety) - $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mv lib 0lib')

4. made symbolic link to /usr/lib
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '/lib/ld-2.16.so /usr/bin/ln -s /usr/lib lib')

pacman works again

still some issues with glibc upgrading but the rest seems to work

[xenoxaos]

Using mmoalem's suggestions, I came up this to get around the "glibc" update problem and do a full update.

.. Starting after line 12 (reboot) of fresh Archlinux Arm OXNAS install (see install page)... ,

Power down and remove flash drive from Pogoplug P21.

1) copy /lib to /usr/lib however you choose, I used Puppy Linux drag and drop because ‘cp’ was not working for me. Double check to make sure files copied!
You can use any thing a that will copy files on a ext3 file system. (not windows)

Now plug in flash and boot Pogo with ArchLinux again, then ssh in...

In terminal cut and paste line by line
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
**commands deleted because they could break the install**
')

Seems to work every time. You will have to copy and paste into term
"line by line" as I don't know how to make the sh scripts execute binaries. Yes,
I tried every step line for line to make sure it works. Not telling how long it took to get right..

Btw, I’m new. I got my first NAS back 2006 in the form of a Unslung NSLU2. From then on, Dsm g-600, DS-508 (was my favorite but had to sell it), EasyStore H342(now main nas), and now Pogo P21(tinker toy for web).

[WarheadsSE]

While this may work for you, let me tell you this is a horribly bad process.

Never force glibc.

The proper process has been documented.

pacman -R pcmciautils kernel26-oxnas-pci kernel26-oxnas-nopci
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
# say no to updating pacman first.
pacman -Su
# if this complains about /lib. see upstream that the referred guide: here

[sethjvm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'W')hile this may work for you, let me tell you this is a horribly bad process.

Never force glibc.

The proper process has been documented.

pacman -R pcmciautils kernel26-oxnas-pci kernel26-oxnas-nopci
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
# say no to updating pacman first.
pacman -Su
# if this complains about /lib. see upstream that the referred guide: here

[WarheadsSE]

Dont.