Pacman not updating! Help!

Hesam · 2010-08-21 15:47:04

In the past 3-4 weeks whenever I execute pacman -Syu it says everything is up to date. This is really strange since from the time I installed Arch up to 3-4 weeks ago every 3-4 days there was a a package or two that needed upgrading. This sudden drop got me worried so I added a number of new servers to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist to see what happens. After doing so now I get an error message: failed retrieving file core.db.tar.gz from ... plus similar ones for community and extra. I have tried pacman -Syy but the output does not change.

schen · 2010-08-21 15:54:42

What mirror do you use? Post your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and pacman.conf.

karol · 2010-08-21 16:07:28

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 17431.html

Pick a mirror from https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus put it on top of your list and try again.

Hesam · 2010-08-21 16:31:29

schen wrote:

What mirror do you use? Post your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and pacman.conf.

This is the list of my new uncommented servers:

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux
Server = ftp://ftp.klid.dk/archlinux/
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.no/
Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux
Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux
Server = http://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux
Server = http://mir.archlinux.fr/
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/
Server = http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/

Hesam · 2010-08-21 16:32:32

schen wrote:

What mirror do you use? Post your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and pacman.conf.

And this is my pacman.conf:

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
#[archlinuxfr]
#Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64

Hesam · 2010-08-21 16:33:19

karol wrote:

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 17431.html
Pick a mirror from https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus put it on top of your list and try again.

I already did that it won't work!

Inxsible · 2010-08-21 16:36:07

It seems that you have not merged the pacman.conf with pacman.conf.pacnew files since you don't have the

Architecture = auto

line in your pacman.conf.

Hesam · 2010-08-21 16:40:59

Inxsible wrote:

It seems that you have not merged the pacman.conf with pacman.conf.pacnew files since you don't have the
Architecture = auto
line in your pacman.conf.

Yes I have that extra file you mention. How do I merge them?

Inxsible · 2010-08-21 16:44:25

Hesam wrote:

Yes I have that extra file you mention. How do I merge them?

Ummm... copy paste .

Or you can rename pacman.conf.pacnew to pacman.conf -- unless you have some custom settings in pacman.conf in which case you might want to copy those over as well.

karol · 2010-08-21 16:45:43

Hesam wrote:

Inxsible wrote:
It seems that you have not merged the pacman.conf with pacman.conf.pacnew files since you don't have the
Architecture = auto
line in your pacman.conf.
Yes I have that extra file you mention. How do I merge them?

Just add that extra line to your old pacman.conf.

Hesam · 2010-08-21 17:00:46

I added the line and I still get the same result.

.:B:. · 2010-08-21 17:09:34

Vimdiff or some other diff tool fit the job better imho. Merge your config files completely, then try again.

Hesam · 2010-08-21 17:45:57

.:B:. wrote:

Vimdiff or some other diff tool fit the job better imho. Merge your config files completely, then try again.

Did that still no help :(

.:B:. · 2010-08-21 18:04:18

Try running pacman with -v or --debug, and see if that helps any.

schen · 2010-08-21 18:35:44

Hesam wrote:

schen wrote:
What mirror do you use? Post your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and pacman.conf.
And this is my pacman.conf:
....snip

You haven't specified your server under the repos.

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-08-21 18:36:58)

Inxsible · 2010-08-21 18:38:23

schen wrote:

You haven't specified your server under the repos.

schen, when quoting someone try to snip off certain things so that the thread is readable especially if the quoted post is very long. Also, he has the include mirrorlist, so I don't think that should be a problem as long as he has atleast 1 working server uncommented in the mirrorlist.

nixIT · 2010-08-22 03:27:44

Guys, sorry to jump in, but I am having the same problem, pacman reports no updates. I merged my /etc/pacman.conf and /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew files and still am reporting no updates.

Any ideas?

--nixIT

anonymous_user · 2010-08-22 05:18:51

If you merged the files correctly, then I would try changing mirrors (even if you think your current choices are fine).

JackH79 · 2010-08-22 07:15:40

Long shot, but are any of you guys using another libalpm/makepkg wrapper that use their own configuration file, such as clyde and use pacman as an alias to called it? Just asking, because the same happened to me once. I'd completely forgotten to have clyde installed.

smyp · 2010-08-22 15:22:22

I too had the same issue, but after merging pacman.conf *and* changing the mirror it works again.

nixIT · 2010-08-23 00:06:51

that did it for me too, I changed my mirrorlist to random mirrors and BAM, it's now updating. Thanx for helping.

Is there a reason why this happens?

--nixIT

jasonwryan · 2010-08-23 00:26:18

nixIT wrote:

Is there a reason why this happens?

See karol's post at the top of the thread...

absolutevoid · 2010-08-25 07:11:31

I had the same problem. This is how, I overcame this:

Downloaded reflector-2010.08.24.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz

# wget -c http://xyne.archlinux.ca/repos/xyne-any/reflector-2010.08.24.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
# pacman -U reflector-2010.08.24.1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
# cd /etc/pacman.d
# mv mirrorlist mirrorlist.backup
# rm mirrorlist
# rm mirrorlist.pacnew
# reflector -l 5 -r -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# pacman -Suy

BTW, mark the topic as [SOLVED] by editing the first entry.

Last edited by absolutevoid (2010-08-25 07:59:31)

pvkiniyan · 2014-01-19 07:43:44

pacman -Syyu solved mine...

Inxsible · 2014-01-19 08:54:57

pvkiniyan, you have been necrobumping threads which is against our forum rules. Please abide by the rules or you will be banned. This is already the 3rd thread you have necrobumped.

Consider this your final warning...

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