ca-certificates-utils 20170307-1 upgrade requires manual intervention

2017-03-15

The upgrade to ca-certificates-utils 20170307-1 requires manual intervention because a symlink which used to be generated post-install has been moved into the package proper.

As deleting the symlink may leave you unable to download packages, perform this upgrade in three steps:

pacman -Syuw # download packages

rm /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt # remove conflicting file

pacman -Su # perform upgrade

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pacman -Syyu

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: none
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: none
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirrors.kernel.org : error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: none
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize all databases
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