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lakamit

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Registered: 2020-04-07

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pacman installed old packages. How could this happen?

Hello,

I have installed Arch on my laptop (again).

I had a problem that pacman installed old versions of almost all packages. I had run pacman -Syyu to update my mirrorlist (which I did not touch before), but it did not update anything.
I have copied the mirrorlist from my PC and it updated 5GB.

I dont understand how this could happen. This is not my first arch install. I never had such a problem.

I have spotted it, because pacman installed Firefox version 73, which is a few months old.

Can someone explain it to me?

Thank you.

Last edited by lakamit (2020-07-27 00:45:52)

GaKu999

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Re: pacman installed old packages. How could this happen?

First...pacman -Syyu does not update your mirrorlist...use tools like reflector instead.

Assuming installation with archiso...

The archiso now uses reflector with reflector.service to update a mirrorlist upon network connection, using mirrors that updated very recently...

So technically this shouldn’t be possible...

The chances are that:
1- You are using an old archiso pendrive...
2- Reflector somehow did a derp...

Can you post ‘/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist’?

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-07-27 01:00:28)

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kermit63

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Re: pacman installed old packages. How could this happen?

Check your Mirrors. You can also use Reflector to refresh your mirror list.

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Re: pacman installed old packages. How could this happen?

I had run pacman -Syyu to update my mirrorlist (which I did not touch before), but it did not update anything.

That command does not update your mirrorlist, it updates your local repos against an out-of-date mirror.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mi … ng_mirrors

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lakamit

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Registered: 2020-04-07

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Re: pacman installed old packages. How could this happen?

First...pacman -Syyu does not update your mirrorlist...use tools like reflector instead.

Assuming installation with archiso...

The archiso now uses reflector with reflector.service to update a mirrorlist upon network connection, using mirrors that updated very recently...

So technically this shouldn’t be possible...

The chances are that:
1- You are using an old archiso pendrive...
2- Reflector somehow did a derp...

Can you post ‘/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist’?

I have created the pendrive 2 days ago.

I have already deleted the old mirrorlist, sorry.

Edit: I have used this iso, if it does matter.
https://ger.mirror.pkgbuild.com/iso/2020.07.01/

Last edited by lakamit (2020-07-27 01:10:14)