Error with update

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Error with update

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Ran into a error today that I've never seen before running an update.

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(19/19) checking keys in keyring [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) checking package integrity [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) loading package files [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) checking for file conflicts [#######################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

How I fixed it

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sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107
Than ran another update

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sudo pacman -Syu
Had to reset a few display settings to get it back to normal but all is well now.
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