libffi dependency error on upgrade [solved] 19 February 2024, 00:15:03 warning: cannot resolve "libffi=3.4.5", a dependency of "lib32-libffi":: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies: lib32-libffi Last Edit: 21 February 2024, 11:37:38 by cat herders of linux 1 Likes
Re: libffi dependency error on upgrade Reply #1 – 21 February 2024, 06:05:06 error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies):: unable to satisfy dependency 'libffi=3.4.5' required by lib32-libffiresolving dependencies...looking for conflicting packages...error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies):: installing libffi (3.4.6-1) breaks dependency 'libffi=3.4.4' required by lib32-libffi
Re: libffi dependency error on upgrade Reply #2 – 21 February 2024, 06:11:26 sudo pacman -R libffichecking dependencies...error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies):: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by glib2:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi.so=8-64' required by glib2:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by guile:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi=3.4.4' required by lib32-libffi:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi.so=8-64' required by libgirepository:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by libp11-kit:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by llvm-libs:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by python:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by ungoogled-chromium:: removing libffi breaks dependency 'libffi' required by waylandsudo pacman -R lib32-libffichecking dependencies...error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies):: removing lib32-libffi breaks dependency 'lib32-libffi' required by lib32-glib2:: removing lib32-libffi breaks dependency 'libffi.so=8-32' required by lib32-glib2:: removing lib32-libffi breaks dependency 'lib32-libffi' required by lib32-llvm-libs:: removing lib32-libffi breaks dependency 'lib32-libffi' required by lib32-p11-kit:: removing lib32-libffi breaks dependency 'lib32-libffi' required by lib32-waylandso i can neither remove nor upgrade lib32-libffi or libffi. lib32 requires 3.4.5-1 but libffi wants to upgrade to 3.4.6-1
Re: libffi dependency error on upgrade Reply #3 – 21 February 2024, 06:16:38 so i added them both to the ignore list in /etc/pacman.conf as i have no better idea at present.