Heads Up: libxml2>=2.9.12-6 update may require manual intervention

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https://archlinux.org/news/libxml22912-6-update-may-require-manual-intervention/

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Thanks for the heads up!

I just updated and libxml2 (2.9.12-5) → 2.9.12-6 was one of the updates. But I did not get the errors mentioned.

Why would only some users see the error messages?

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I didn’t get the errors either.
Seemingly those with “untracked pyc files” will be getting these errors. How the “untracked pyc files” come about, I don’t really know. Hopefully more knowledgeable users will shed some light.

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So I’m in good company :smile:

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.pyc files contain the compiled bytecode of .py files.
Those are generated when some script/application imports the module (to speed up further invocations).

So if you are missing those files it means that there was no other application making use libxml2 (yet)…

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Great!
Thank you so much for the explanation!

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i do not fully get what package version is needed to get the error on updating… looks like the message is not giving that detail as it says only versions prior … but seems if you done regular updates the issue does not apply ?

I do not see BUG reports about this also:

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I understood it like that you would get those error messages when updating to version 2.9.12-6 if the “untrackted pyc files” are present in the system through the use of some prior versions of libxml2 by
some script/application as explained by @moson. :thinking:

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One case here: I'm unable to update my system

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