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For now two days, I cannot update the software on my Pi. Package raspberry-firmware fails:

$ pacaur -S raspberrypi-firmware                 
warning: raspberrypi-firmware-20121206-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): raspberrypi-firmware-20121206-1

Total Installed Size:   18.11 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity                       
[#############################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                            [#############################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                      [#############################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                    [#############################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading raspberrypi-firmware                   [#############################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_VDjFe9/.INSTALL: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/tmp/alpm_VDjFe9/.INSTALL: line 3: `}'
error: command failed to execute correctly

The .INSTALL is apparenty deleted afterwards so I cannot check it.

Google finds a discussion in a forum where someone says it is not serious and should be ignored but I don't know if I should trust him.

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xenoxaos is a developer for Arch ARM, you can trust him. – Munkeh Dec 9 '12 at 20:29
Are there disk errors appearing in the syslog? Check output from dmesg. I get those syntax errors when the filesystem's corrupt. – scruss Dec 9 '12 at 22:47
Munkeh: indeed, the Pi can reboot and the new firmware apparently run. I plan to close my question. – bortzmeyer Dec 11 '12 at 21:08

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