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yodo

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-02-02

Posts: 71

[solved] no updates from testing/unstable ?

Hi
I installed kdemod4 a few days ago. For that I needed the testing-repo the first time since I use arch, for installing a newer version of exiv2 which is needed by kdemod4.
I remember that after doing a "pacman -Syu" with activated testing pacman offered to update around 5 packages, including exiv2 and a new kernel (2.6.25).
I did only update exiv2 and removed the testing-repo again.
When I activate testing and unstable now in pacman.conf they still get synchronized. But there are no updates available. Which is odd because I definitly did not install all updates...
I still use the standard kernel (2.6.24-ARCH).

I don't need any packages out of testing or unstable. But I would like to know whats wrong. If there is something wrong.

root@arch:~# LANG=C pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
testing is up to date
unstable is up to date
kdemod is up to date
kdemod-unstable is up to date
compiz-fusion is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
local database is up to date
root@arch:~# uname -r
2.6.24-ARCH
root@arch:~#

Any idea whats wrong?

greetings, yodo

Edit: Thanks for the hint, I changed the output.

Last edited by yodo (2008-05-18 21:59:59)

LTSmash

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From: Aguascalientes - Mexico

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 348

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Re: [solved] no updates from testing/unstable ?

To post your console output, please use LANG=C before your command:

i.e. LANG=C pacman -Syu

That way we see your output in english.

It was just a suggestion.

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Proud Ex-Arch user.
Still an ArchLinux lover though.

Currently on Kubuntu 9.10

bender02

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: [solved] no updates from testing/unstable ?

Testing needs to be listed *before* core and extra, since pacman picks up the first version of a package that it encounters - and if core is first, then it just sticks to that version. With the setup you have now, if you want a package from testing, you need so specify it explicitly (pacman -S testing/<packagename>).

yodo

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-02-02

Posts: 71

Re: [solved] no updates from testing/unstable ?

Thanks that was it.
So easy... pacman offers now ~ 50MB of updates. Unstable still contains no single update... but I think I just don't have any package installed which is available in unstable. Its a very fresh installation. Just core, xorg, kdemod and compiz.