Thanks for looking into this so quickly Bill. However, this update(ffmpeg 2:5.0-5.0) would break dependencies required by mpv namely:

libavcodec.so=58-32
libavdevice.so=58-32
libavfilter.so=7-32
libavformat.so=58-32
libavutil.so=56-32
libswresample.so=3-32
libswscale.so=5-32

I have mpv 1:0.34.1-2.1 currently installed. Would you prefer I open a separate bug report?

are you sure there is a conflict? - did you try? - i just ran through this for the arch32 BR, and mpv works fine on my parabola i686 system today

that is because those are "sodeps" - installing mpv pulled in ffmpeg4.4, because it provides those sodeps; and mpv works as expected for me

mplayer and possibly a few others may still have conflicts - the arch32 team is rebuilding those now

Actually, it seems https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/3191 already covers it.

are you sure there is a conflict?

Well, pacman is failing on my end to even prepare the transaction because of these dependency errors.

#3191 is not the same issue - that issue existed last month for x86_64 for a different reason; and was fixed - this one only affects i686, and is relatively new

can you show me the output of pacman -Syu?

the liveISOs are not designed to be upgraded - there is no normal reason to run `pacman -Syu` on a liveISO system

if you want to run mpv on the LiveISO, install mpv only - do not upgrade the system first

# pacman -S mpv ffmpeg4.4

this is a relatively minor problem - if your computer can not boot normally, that is far more important problem to fix - this one will probably fix itself in a few days - i did not quite understand the mkinitcpio problem, as you described it - which is that bug report?

No, I'm not upgrading the ISO but my machine via chrooting into it.

according to that screenshot, you are running a parabola LiveISO, and running the command `pacman -Syyu` - the effect of that command is to upgrade the live system

to repair your installed system, using a LiveISO, you would use the pacstrap command from the LiveISO, or to chroot into the installed system using arch-chroot - that screenshot gives no indication that you have chrooted into another system, or that you have another system mounted

Excuse my ignorance I don't often have to use a chroot. But I mounted my installed system to /mnt of the LiveISO, then used arch-chroot as you suggest before running that pacman command. Should the command prompt be different after using arch-chroot? All that changed for me was the working directory indicated in the prompt changed from ~ (or /root of the LiveISO) to / (the root of my installed system). Is this a mistake on my part?

no mistake - the prompt should change - the prompt inside
the chroot would definitely not have '@parabolaiso'

you could verify also, by checking (with pacman -Qs) if some
package is installed, which is not installed on the ISO (with
a CLI ISO, that could be any GUI program)

for example:

# pacman -Qs iceweasel

If I execute,

# pacman -Qs icecat

(trying icecat as I don't have iceweasel installed) before entering the chroot I get the following error:

warning: database file for 'isorepo' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)

the chroot would definitely not have '@parabolaiso'

It seems too for me. It only changed as I described before. If I mount my system to /mnt and then enter the chroot with:

# arch-chroot /mnt

And then the same pacman command above I get the following:

local/icecat 78.7.0_pre-1
    GNU Icecat - a libre standalone web browser based on Mozilla Firefox ESR

Similarly, inside the chroot if I try to execute the following command

# systemctl status

I get the following error:

Running in chroot, ignoring command 'status'

Outside, the chroot the same command executes as expected.

i did not quite understand the mkinitcpio problem, as you described it - which is that bug report?

I will raise a separate BR on it.

ok so inside the chroot, you have icecat installed, and outside the chroot, icecat is not installed - also systemd does not work inside the chroot, but it works outside - that is all exactly what is expected

Thanks for confirming.