not entirely sure what is going on to get it to break like this, Any assistance would be great!
can you update mirrors first
sudo cachyos-rate-mirrors
sudo pacman -Syu
Updated and still the same output.
can you try
sudo pacman -Sy vim
Same output, complaining about exists in file system.
[skippy@cachyos-x8664 ~]$ sudo pacman -Sy vim
:: Synchronizing package databases...
cachyos-v3 is up to date
cachyos-core-v3 is up to date
cachyos-extra-v3 is up to date
cachyos is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (2) Old Version New Version Net Change
cachyos-extra-v3/vim-runtime 9.1.1006-1.1 9.1.1043-1.1 37.51 MiB
cachyos-extra-v3/vim 9.1.1006-1.1 9.1.1043-1.1 5.89 MiB
Total Installed Size: 43.40 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(2/2) checking keys in keyring [----------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity [----------------------] 100%
(2/2) loading package files [----------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts [----------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
then try
sudo pacman -Sy vim --overwrite='*'
This allowed me to fully update the machine, thank you very much!