Error: lib32-sqlite sqlite3.1.gz exists in filesystem

Getting

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)            Old Version  New Version  Net Change

multilib/lib32-sqlite  3.47.2-1     3.48.0-1       0.01 MiB

Total Installed Size:  1.44 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.01 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
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error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
lib32-sqlite: /usr/share/man/man1/sqlite3.1.gz exists in filesystem (owned by sqlite)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Resolved this with rm -rf of the offending .gz, re-ran pacman -Syuv and all seems well. Posting in case anyone else is hitting this and may know the underlying cause. Don’t have the time at the moment to look deeper, but may take a deeper look at logs later

It happens every now and again, this one is minor, it is the man pages so:

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite='*'

Also works.

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