-Syyu declines to upgrade system for several weeks --dependency issues

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For several weeks now -Syyu has declined to move forward with upgrade due to:

(1/2) Reloading system manager configuration...
(2/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing db (6.2.32-1) breaks dependency 'db=5.3.28' required by lib32-db

Any way to resolve this, or, better to wait and see???

[Yochanan]

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lib32-db

Unable to perform system update due to lib32-db dependency

When I try to perform a system update, I am getting the following error [tom@test ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace at-spi2-atk with extra/at-spi2-core? [Y/n] Y :: Replace atk with extra/at-spi2-core? [Y/n] Y :: Replace lib32-at-spi2-atk with multilib/lib32-at-spi2-core? [Y/n] Y :: Replace lib32-atk with multilib/lib32-at-spi2-core? [Y/…

Package lib32-db is out of date. blocks major update. db dependency

I had to remove lib32-db today from three manjaro systems in order to complete today’s big update. db update requires a different version, Removing lib32-db allowed the update to continue.

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@Yochanan

Thanks for the fast reply and the links . . . I did highlight the entire line with the 32-db data, and then I closed the terminal, because usually Manjaro is very precise and no need to check it . . . but then pasting it into the post I saw something was snipped off–figured it would either be known or not known. Like one of the other posters stated on the other thread, “It’s unusual for manjaro to have this type of problem . . .” hence not having any need for chops to repair nonexistent problems . . . .

Relatively new to Arch/manjaro so the other post on how to remove via pacman was also helpful.

sudo pacman -R lib32-db

Seems like the 204 packages have now gone through and we are in “post-hook” as we speak . . . .