[SOLVED] Librewolf-bin Update Error - Never Seen This Error Message Before

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Yay showed an update available for librewolf-bin, I clicke to move forward and got this error message…

─❯ yay
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 cidercollective is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/librewolf-bin  1:150.0.1_1-1 -> 1:150.0.1_1-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): librewolf-bin-1:150.0.1_1-2
:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: librewolf-bin
 -> error fetching librewolf-bin: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
	librewolf-150.0.1-1-linux-x86_64-package.tar.xz.sig
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting 
	context: exit status 1
─❯

Ideas, anyone?

2

That means you need to cleanbuild it.

3

Try to clean your yay cache

~./cache/yay

4

Err…don’t delete your entire yay cache. Just tell yay to cleanbuild the package.

Doesn’t yay store the PKGBUILDs in the cache? If so, that will make all your diffs useless.

5

Well, I run these included with my monthly with my maintenance routine…

CLEAN CACHE (All Packages):
paccache -rvk2

CLEAN CACHE (Uninstalled Packages):
paccache -ruk0

6

I always delete yay cache every month. Never had any problems with PKGBUILDs. hmmmm

7

There is no option for a clean build in either yay or using --rebuild.

─❯ yay
[sudo] password for wombat: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 cidercollective is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/librewolf-bin  1:150.0.1_1-1 -> 1:150.0.1_1-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): librewolf-bin-1:150.0.1_1-2
:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: librewolf-bin
 -> error fetching librewolf-bin: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
	librewolf-150.0.1-1-linux-x86_64-package.tar.xz.sig
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting 
	context: exit status 1
─❯ 

─❯ yay -S librewolf-bin --rebuild
AUR Explicit (1): librewolf-bin-1:150.0.1_1-2
:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: librewolf-bin
 -> error fetching librewolf-bin: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
	librewolf-150.0.1-1-linux-x86_64-package.tar.xz.sig
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting 
	context: exit status 1
─❯
8

Do you review diffs?

yay -Syu --cleanmenu

9

That is the pacman cache which is something different.

10

No I don’t.

11

Well…first…you should…

But if you did, I think when you delete the cache it would not be able to show you the diff anymore.

12

would removing the package and re-installing fix?

13

Probably not.

14

That may be the issue then. Will removing it and re-installing work?

EDIT:
I see the answer to that above.

15

No, just run the command I gave you above.

Then it will ask you if you want to cleanbuild the package and answer a

16

good to know

17

Nope. No option for cleanbuild…

─❯ yay -Syu --cleanmenu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 cidercollective is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/librewolf-bin  1:150.0.1_1-1 -> 1:150.0.1_1-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): librewolf-bin-1:150.0.1_1-2
:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: librewolf-bin
 -> error fetching librewolf-bin: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
	librewolf-150.0.1-1-linux-x86_64-package.tar.xz.sig
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting 
	context: exit status 1
─❯
18

Try yay --cleanmenu

I just tested it, it is working here.

19

:thinking:

─❯ yay --cleanmenu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 cidercollective is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/librewolf-bin  1:150.0.1_1-1 -> 1:150.0.1_1-2
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): librewolf-bin-1:150.0.1_1-2
:: (0/1) Failed to download PKGBUILD: librewolf-bin
 -> error fetching librewolf-bin: error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
	librewolf-150.0.1-1-linux-x86_64-package.tar.xz.sig
Please move or remove them before you merge.
Aborting 
	context: exit status 1
─❯
20

Do you have an alias or a function for yay?