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Old 09-02-2012, 02:32 PM   #1
geshuni
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pacman segmentation fault

Greetings, I've read a lot of things about this segfault, but none of them seems to help my case. I tried to update everything, but I get this circle of hell(i'm ignoring glibc,curl because they give another error):
Code:
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman -Syu --ignore glibc,curl
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: curl: ignoring package upgrade (7.26.0-1 => 7.27.0-1)
warning: glibc: ignoring package upgrade (2.15-11 => 2.16.0-4)
:: Replace systemd-tools with core/systemd? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "binutils"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "binutils"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "binutils"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16", a dependency of "gcc-libs"
:: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      apcupsd  binutils  cryptsetup  dbus-core  dbus-glib  device-mapper  gcc
      gcc-libs  glib2  gnutls  grep  initscripts  libatasmart  libimobiledevice
      libtool  linux  lvm2  mkinitcpio  pcre  pkg-config  syslog-ng  systemd
      udisks  upower  wpa_supplicant

Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade? [y/N] y
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (67): automake-1.12.3-1  bftpd-3.8-2  bison-2.6.2-1
              ca-certificates-20120623-1  cloog-0.17.0-2  cracklib-2.8.19-1
              cronie-1.4.8-3  dhcp-4.2.4.1-2  dhcpcd-5.6.0-1
              dialog-1.1_20120706-1  dnsutils-9.9.1.P2-1  e2fsprogs-1.42.5-1
              filesystem-2012.8-1  flex-2.5.37-1  gpm-1.20.6-10  gzip-1.5-1
              hwids-20120815-1  iana-etc-2.30-3  inetutils-1.9.1-3
              iproute2-3.5.1-1  iptables-1.4.15-1  iputils-20101006-4
              isl-0.10-1  kbd-1.15.3-3  keyutils-1.5.5-3  kmod-9-2
              krb5-1.10.3-1  libedit-20120601_3.0-1  libgssglue-0.4-1
              libldap-2.4.32-1  libltdl-2.4.2-6  libmpc-1.0-1  libnl-3.2.11-1
              libpcap-1.3.0-1  libusbx-1.0.12-2  libxml2-2.8.0-1
              linux-firmware-20120625-1  logrotate-3.8.2-1  man-db-2.6.2-1
              man-pages-3.42-1  mpfr-3.1.1.p2-1  mpg123-1.14.4-1
              net-tools-1.60.20120804git-2  nettle-2.5-1  openssh-6.1p1-1
              p11-kit-0.13-1  pacman-mirrorlist-20120626-1  pciutils-3.1.10-1
              perl-5.16.1-1  perl-perl4-corelibs-0.003-1  ppl-1.0-1
              procps-ng-3.3.3-3  psmisc-22.19-1  run-parts-4.3.2-1
              shadow-4.1.5.1-1  sysvinit-2.88-7  sysvinit-tools-2.88-7
              tzdata-2012e-1  usbmuxd-1.0.8-1  usbutils-006-1
              util-linux-2.21.2-5  vim-7.3.600-1  vim-runtime-7.3.600-1
              webmin-1.590-2  wget-1.14-1  wireless_tools-29-7  xz-5.0.4-1

Total Installed Size:   342.82 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       29.36 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(67/67) checking package integrity                 [######################] 100%
(67/67) loading package files                      [######################] 100%
(13/67) checking for file conflicts                [####------------------]  19%
error: segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.
pacman --debug shows:
Code:
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman --debug
debug: parseconfig: options pass
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: finish section '(null)'
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: arch: i686
debug: config: finish section 'options'
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'core'
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'extra'
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 88: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'community'
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
debug: option 'logfile' = /var/log/pacman.log
debug: option 'gpgdir' = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: parseconfig: repo pass
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: finish section '(null)'
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: finish section 'options'
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: database path for tree core set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: database path for tree extra set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 88: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: database path for tree community set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
error: no operation specified (use -h for help)
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
my pacman.conf file is this:
Code:
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
#SigLevel = Optional TrustedOnly

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
From here on if I try to run anything via pacman I get this:
Code:
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman -Syu --ignore glibc,curl
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update core (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update extra (unable to lock database)
error: failed to update community (unable to lock database)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: File exists
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
This is where i remove the db.lck and the things start over again. I will appreciate any help, thank you in advance!

P.S.
If I try update glibc, as I have not done it this year:
Code:
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman -U http://pkgbuild.com/~allan/glibc-2.16.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: File exists
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[root@tinchev ~]# rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman -U http://pkgbuild.com/~allan/glibc-2.16.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): glibc-2.16.0-1

Total Installed Size:   33.95 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.83 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                        [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                  [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                [######################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading glibc                              [######################] 100%
Generating locales...
Generation complete.
[root@tinchev ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace systemd-tools with core/systemd? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: dbus-core will be installed before its systemd dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (95): apcupsd-3.14.10-3  automake-1.12.3-1  bftpd-3.8-2
              binutils-2.22-10  bison-2.6.2-1  ca-certificates-20120623-1
              cloog-0.17.0-2  cracklib-2.8.19-1  cronie-1.4.8-3
              cryptsetup-1.5.0-2  curl-7.27.0-1  dbus-core-1.6.4-1
              dbus-glib-0.100-1  device-mapper-2.02.97-1  dhcp-4.2.4.1-2
              dhcpcd-5.6.0-1  dialog-1.1_20120706-1  dnsutils-9.9.1.P2-1
              e2fsprogs-1.42.5-1  filesystem-2012.8-1  flex-2.5.37-1
              gcc-4.7.1-6  gcc-libs-4.7.1-6  glib2-2.32.4-1  glibc-2.16.0-4
              gnutls-3.1.0-1  gpm-1.20.6-10  grep-2.14-1  gzip-1.5-1
              hwids-20120815-1  iana-etc-2.30-3  inetutils-1.9.1-3
              initscripts-2012.08.3-2  iproute2-3.5.1-1  iptables-1.4.15-1
              iputils-20101006-4  isl-0.10-1  kbd-1.15.3-3  keyutils-1.5.5-3
              kmod-9-2  krb5-1.10.3-1  libatasmart-0.19-1
              libedit-20120601_3.0-1  libgssglue-0.4-1
              libimobiledevice-1.1.4-2  libldap-2.4.32-1  libltdl-2.4.2-6
              libmpc-1.0-1  libnl-3.2.11-1  libpcap-1.3.0-1  libtool-2.4.2-6
              libusbx-1.0.12-2  libxml2-2.8.0-1  linux-3.5.3-1
              linux-firmware-20120625-1  logrotate-3.8.2-1  lvm2-2.02.97-1
              man-db-2.6.2-1  man-pages-3.42-1  mkinitcpio-0.10-1
              mpfr-3.1.1.p2-1  mpg123-1.14.4-1  net-tools-1.60.20120804git-2
              nettle-2.5-1  openssh-6.1p1-1  p11-kit-0.13-1
              pacman-mirrorlist-20120626-1  pciutils-3.1.10-1  pcre-8.31-1
              perl-5.16.1-1  perl-perl4-corelibs-0.003-1  pkg-config-0.27.1-1
              ppl-1.0-1  procps-ng-3.3.3-3  psmisc-22.19-1  run-parts-4.3.2-1
              shadow-4.1.5.1-1  syslog-ng-3.3.5-2  systemd-189-4
              systemd-tools-185-1 [removal]  sysvinit-2.88-7
              sysvinit-tools-2.88-7  tzdata-2012e-1  udisks-1.0.4-5
              upower-0.9.17-2  usbmuxd-1.0.8-1  usbutils-006-1
              util-linux-2.21.2-5  vim-7.3.600-1  vim-runtime-7.3.600-1
              webmin-1.590-2  wget-1.14-1  wireless_tools-29-7
              wpa_supplicant-1.0-1  xz-5.0.4-1

Total Installed Size:   569.40 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       35.88 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(94/94) checking package integrity                 [######################] 100%
(94/94) loading package files                      [######################] 100%
(15/94) checking for file conflicts                [###-------------------]  15%
error: segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.
And here is the debug:
Code:
debug: parseconfig: options pass
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: finish section '(null)'
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: arch: i686
debug: config: finish section 'options'
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'core'
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'extra'
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 88: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'community'
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
debug: option 'logfile' = /var/log/pacman.log
debug: option 'gpgdir' = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: parseconfig: repo pass
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: finish section '(null)'
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: finish section 'options'
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: database path for tree core set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 80: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: database path for tree extra set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 88: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finish section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: database path for tree community set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db.sig could not be opened
debug: missing optional signature
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: using cachedir: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: found cached pkg: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/glibc-2.16.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
debug: found cached pkg: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/glibc-2.16.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz.sig
debug: returning error 10 from alpm_trans_init : unable to lock database
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
error: could not lock database: File exists
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
Last edited by geshuni; 09-02-2012 at 02:41 PM.
 
Old 09-03-2012, 07:20 AM   #2
abrinister
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Perhaps there are a lot of file conflicts. You probably shouldn't be ignoring glibc and curl (those are very very important!). Are you facing the glibc update hell? There was a note on the main page about that not too long ago... Here.

Alex Brinister
 
Old 09-03-2012, 08:51 AM   #3
geshuni
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Hello Alex,
yes I tried that out, the same error popped out, so I tried to update everything via pacman -Syu --ignore glibc,curl (as they say in the link you gave me) and the errors are as I posted above. Any other thoughts?
 
Old 09-03-2012, 10:53 AM   #4
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/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
Does the dir /var/lib/pacman even exist?

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error: could not lock database: File exists
if you're sure a package manager is not already
running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Perhaps you should try ^^^this^^^.

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Old 09-04-2012, 03:23 AM   #5
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The dir /var/lib/pacman/sync/ exists, however the file is called extra.db, not extra.db.sig. When I remove the db.lck all starts over again segfault, debug, removing db.lck.
 
Old 09-07-2012, 07:43 AM   #6
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Dead end again, any other thoughts would be high appreciable! Thank you in advance.
 
  


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