Hi there,
I have an issue with my last update. When I do sudo pacman -Syu it asks me
:: Replace libgiac with community/giac? [Y/n]
:: Replace xcas with community/giac? [Y/n]
I put Yes and it installs the packages as expected. Then, if I do again a sudo pacman -Syu it asks me again the same question, and (re?)install the packages if I say yes. And if I answer NO, it keeps asking the question too.
The packages in question seem to be Packages (3) giac-1.7.0.3-3 libgiac-1.7.0.3-2 [removal] xcas-1.7.0.3-2 [removal]
I have the same issue using pamac.
I have no idea why it does this nor what to do.
Thanks.
I’m using Kernel: 4.19.189-1-MANJARO on i3wm (I have also gnome installed).
Thanks! That’s helpful, at least now it doesn’t ask the same question anymore!
But it (pacman or similar) still seems to consider that the packages in question should be replaced. I mean, I don’t know how to fix the problem at its origin (I don’t know if I explain myself).
It looks like the problem got solved recently, you can delete the IgnorePkg line and update again, replace the packages one last time and it shouldn’t ask again.
If an issue like this happens again in the future you can report it to package maintainers.
This issue is still happening to me and in my case it appears after I try to install sagemath through pacman -S sagemath. Probably because it is one of its dependencies. I was about to open a thread on this problem but maybe I am better off trying to speak with the package maintainers.
I suspect that the root cause lies in the sagemath package. Once the change is fixed there, it should disappear. May I ask whether everyone reporting this problem has sagemath installed?
I also have sagemath installed . I have just sent an email to the sagemath packager – Antonio Rojas, explaining the issue. Hopefully he will be able to help us out .
It appears that someone in the gods’ council checked this thread . There was a major update just now and I tried to install sagemath and the update loop is no more. Problem solved.
I noticed that before the update, installing sagemath downloaded the 9.2.something version and after the update it downloaded the 9.3. Maybe it had to do with that.