File conflict errors related to Python 3.12

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Python 3.12 is system python - that cannot be removed.

 $ python --version
Python 3.12.4

It is more likely that you have packages depending on older versions of python.

This will be true if you have content in the folder (the example is from a current Manjaro system)

 $ ls /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/': No such file or directory

And any content in that folder will also hint which packages you need to rebuild.

It is relatively easy to achieve a unterrifying and painless update.

  • list all custom package(s)
  • remove them
  • sync the system
  • rebuild custom packatge(s)

To list the custom (foreign) package(s)

pacman -Qqem

To ease the process you way want to pipe the list to a file in your home

pacman -Qqem > ~/my_custom_pkgs.txt

Then feed the list to the package manager to remove the packages

pamac remove $(cat ~/my_custom_pkgs.txt)

Sync your system

sudo pacman -Syu

After successful sync - rebuild the custom package list

pamac build $(cat ~/my_custom_pkgs.txt)

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