I was successfully updating Arch Linux:
pacman -Syy
pacman -Syu
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
The above commands suceeded
Then I ran into the following errors:
>
======================================================================
pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): glibc-2.16.0-2

Total Installed Size: 33.94 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 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%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
=====================================================================
I tried to follow the developer's post , but it seems to be inapplicable. Using the developer's post, the two issues are as follows:

Problem One: the output of "grep '^lib/' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files"
Results in:

/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/rules.d/
/var/lib/pacman/local/hal-0.5.14-6/files:lib/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules


Problem Two

This command: "find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- {} +" results in
the system not being able to determine the ownership of directory /lib.

I spent over three hours trying to use google and the developer's post.

Please help.

are you still using hal?

you need to rebuild it to use the new path or you can simply uninstall it, upgrade then install it again.

Follow the Wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...perWiki:usrlib

Form Wiki
They are also talking about it here.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=145006
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144990


Good luck.

yes, this indeed was a tricky update, I too failed. I got stuck with /lib remining, ro I removed it, brboken system now. Will try this fix tomorrow.
If you're still using HAL and need it, you'll have to rebuild it yourself (maybe there is an AUR package..); however if you don't use it, I suggest you simply remove it.

Serafean

I empathize. I had nvidia 173xx to nidia295xx maladies in Mar 2012. Because of the encrypted lvm, I had to do a reinstall with a 2010 May Arch core cd. 2011 June net install wouild not work with an encrypted lvm. I never perform an update without a recent backup. Good luck.

Thanks,

Pacman -Rd hal failed so I used:

pacman -R -d --nodeps hal

Thunar was supposed to need HAL, but after rebooting, Thunar works without HAL.