Strange issue with alternate roots.

[brisingraerowing]

I am using the -r option on Pacman to install to a different root (some Mingw stuff), as well as the -b and --logfile options to point to the default pacman stuff ('/var/lib/pacman'). For some reason Pacman cannot find that directory.

Command line used:

pacman -S --debug -r /mingw64-mono-llvm -b /var/lib/pacman --logfile /var/log/pacman.log mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3

Output from the --debug switch is below

debug: pacman v4.2.1-197-g7e109-dirty - libalpm v9.0.1
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: arch: x86_64
debug: config: SigLevel: Required
debug: config: SigLevel: DatabaseOptional
debug: config: LocalFileSigLevel: Optional
debug: config: new section 'mingw32'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 73: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw32
debug: config: new section 'mingw64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw64
debug: config: new section 'msys'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 79: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.msys
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
error: failed to initialize alpm library
(could not find or read directory: /var/lib/pacman)

[Alexpux]

4 марта 2015 г., в 21:32, Brisingr Aerowing [email protected] написал(а):

I am using the -r option on Pacman to install to a different root (some Mingw stuff), as well as the -b and --logfile options to point to the default pacman stuff ('/var/lib/pacman'). For some reason Pacman cannot find that directory.

Command line used:

pacman -S --debug -r /mingw64-mono-llvm -b /var/lib/pacman --logfile /var/log/pacman.log mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
Output from the --debug switch is below

debug: pacman v4.2.1-197-g7e109-dirty - libalpm v9.0.1
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: arch: x86_64
debug: config: SigLevel: Required
debug: config: SigLevel: DatabaseOptional
debug: config: LocalFileSigLevel: Optional
debug: config: new section 'mingw32'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 73: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw32
debug: config: new section 'mingw64'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 76: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.mingw64
debug: config: new section 'msys'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 79: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.msys
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
error: failed to initialize alpm library
(could not find or read directory: /var/lib/pacman)

First you need create /var/lib/pacman in new root, then synchronize database in new root.
And next install package in new root.

Regards,
Alexey.

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