MSYS2-packages: [BUG] Cannot update packages

Describe the bug

MSYS2 base package no longer updates:

MSYS ~
$ pacman -Syu --noconfirm
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 mingw32                  467.1 KiB   439K/s 00:01 [#####################] 100%
 mingw32.sig              119.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%
 mingw64                  469.7 KiB  2.40M/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%
 mingw64.sig              119.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%
 msys                     187.6 KiB  11.5M/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%
 msys.sig                 119.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting core system upgrade...
warning: terminate other MSYS2 programs before proceeding
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing filesystem (2020.02-3) breaks dependency 'msys2-base' required by dash

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Run msys2.exe
Execute pacman -Syu --noconfirm
Catch the error

Expected behavior: the core system upgrade should complete without errors.

Additional Context: Operating System, Screenshots

OS: Windows 10 Pro version 2004 64-bit
MSYS2: msys2-base-x86_64-20190524.tar.xz and msys2-base-x86_64-20200602.tar.xz

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 4 years ago
Reactions: 7
Comments: 23 (2 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Do explicit filesystem upgrade As proposed in https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/2021. — committed to gaphor/gaphor by amolenaar 4 years ago

Most upvoted comments

pacman -Sydd filesystem; pacman -Su works also.

tomyri on Jun 24, 2020

@RobertBColton, you could possibly use the same workaround implemented in vcpkg – remove it before making the core system upgrade (if you don’t need dash of course), e.g.:

%CD:~0,2%\msys64\usr\bin\pacman --noconfirm -Rc dash
%CD:~0,2%\msys64\usr\bin\pacman --noconfirm -Syu
...

emptyVoid on Jun 25, 2020

I’d like to re-post here that pacman -S dash before pacman -Syu is a simpler (and safer) workaround instead of force upgrade filesystem, as https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/pull/2022#issuecomment-648917345.

Jimmy-Z on Jun 24, 2020

Same problem on my side with a clean install after downloading msys2-base-x86_64-20200602.tar.xz from http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/

Pacman -Syuu gives the same filesystem breaks dependency error.

I add previously installed another clean install in the morning, limited to just a couple of “Pacman -Syuu”, without downloading any other packages, note even msys2 base-devel, and this one could redo “Pacman -Syuu” and install the filesystem package after the repo update.

GitHubAdi on Jun 23, 2020

See #2022

lazka on Jun 23, 2020

Warning: Try this if you don’t care about your MSYS2 installation to be nuked 😃

Download the .tar.xz file from here https://packages.msys2.org/package/filesystem.
Assume that file is downloaded in C:\MyFiles folder. Run this command pacman -Udd /c/MyFiles/filesystem-2020.02-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.
Kill every msys2 shell/program.
Run pacman -Syu again.

Biswa96 on Jun 23, 2020