Change from exfat-utils to exfatprogs for exfat?

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Shouldn’t EndeavourOS base change exfat-utils package to exfatprogs, since the last uses the native kernel driver for exfat?

exfatprogs is needed if you have to handle exfat partitions on gparted.

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online installs getting it from pacstrap … and you are right… it has the old one… thats bad… i do not know how this come sin there again…

https://github.com/endeavouros-team/Calamares_current/blob/60316cb0a631ae07c5e6d2637333e3a6bbd0a932/src/modules/pacstrap/base_install.sh#L18

ISO has it:
https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-iso-next/blob/c57fc1acdcaa6c7af180cea7c0272d173987a87b/packages.x86_64#L71

or where you find it?

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I used the online installation.

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Yes thanks for the hint!
We will fix this as fast as we can, sadly we can not fix this without rebuilding the ISO, but we already work on a solution to be able to fix such issues immediately after detection without having to re-create the ISO.

And i just test to use a exfat partition created with gparted and installing system does not fail also the old package is used…

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That kind of response is what makes EndeavourOS thrive! Thank you!

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As a temporary workaround, we could add exfatprogs as a dependency of
eos-bash-shared. That way users will get exfatprogs on their current installs.

And this dependency will be removed from eos-bash-shared after we release the next ISO.

EDIT: did this workaround, please report if it causes any problems! :sweat_smile:

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So I just got this update. What should I do now?

Arch & EndeavourOS update check:
:: Searching Arch & EndeavourOS for updates...
eos-bash-shared 1.9.8-1 -> 1.9.9-1

…

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: exfatprogs and exfat-utils are in conflict. Remove exfat-utils? [y/N] 
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: exfatprogs and exfat-utils are in conflict

Should I select Remove exfat-utils? [y/N] (y)es or (N)o?

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From what I have seen in this thread, say(Y)es - and you will have exfatprogs instead, without further action required.

Edit: I just did :grin:

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Yes. :wink:

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We just noticed that this change causes problems for the ISO installer.
Already installed systems are OK, nothing more to do than normal updates.

So I removed the dependency, and eos-bash-shared is as it was before.

If installs failed today, this can be the reason.
Sorry about this, my bad. And a lesson learned, again. :upside_down_face:

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Hah! I sneaked in in the middle, while the solution was available! I suppose the ISO can’t handle the Replace (Y/n) on the fly?

Anyway - I’m all good :grin:

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That’s the problem, unfortunately.

So now what we can do is to inform people to change package exfat-utils to exfatprogs until the next ISO is released.

And looks like offline install mode is not affected.

Fortunately this is not a big issue. But with exfat partitions it may cause problems.

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And also there is support for exfat with exfat-utils package also it is only using a different method.