HOW TO: Fix the Arch Linux locale.sh error

If you receive the following error when trying to update your Arch Linux install:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
initscripts: /etc/profile.d/locale.sh exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Run the following command:

rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh

This is an issue with Arch Linux as described here: http://www.archlinux.org/news/initscripts-update-manual-intervention-required/

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