pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

fop518 · 2008-08-28 04:37:25

I just installed arch from the march 08 live cd (the new cd got stuck on the grub boot screen, but that is another bug for another thread).

I eventually got a totally working installation (installing only core packages).
what's strange is, i've updated pacman's package list and a pacman -Syu says the local system is up to date, but for whatever reason, no package was actually downloaded or updated. My kernel is stil 2.6.24-arch, my klibc is 1.5.5... What gives?

everything i read says all you need to do is run a pacman -Syu, but clearly there should have been updates from the core packages between march and now? (i know there has been, and that packages are updated constantly).

clearly i'm missing something simple here. Sorry for the stupid question.
(i uncommented the achlinux.org repo line in the mirrorlist, and i'm sure this is the server pacman is using).

thanks for any help.

-m

(edited Syu typo and subject, sorry)

Last edited by fop518 (2008-08-28 05:03:57)

Allan · 2008-08-28 04:44:47

"pacman -Syn" should be "pacman -Syu".

fop518 · 2008-08-28 04:53:15

oops, my bad. that was a typo.

a pacman -Syu yields a local database is up to date

the first time i did a pacman -Sy it downloaded and updated some new dbs... but the -Syu has always returned that the system is up to date, when i'm fairly certain it isnt... if i am running kernel 2.6.24, that is old right? i should be presented with some updates if i just installed the march live cd...

thanks,
m

Allan · 2008-08-28 04:57:42

Try a "pacman -Syyu" - the extra y is to force a refresh of the pacman database.

fop518 · 2008-08-28 05:03:29

wow, that totally did it. I knew it was something simple like that. (i must have originally synced with an old mirror?)

Thanks a bunch. this forum and community is really great, and i'm excited to start fully playing with archlinux.

-m

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#1 2008-08-28 04:37:25

pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

#2 2008-08-28 04:44:47

Re: pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

#3 2008-08-28 04:53:15

Re: pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

#4 2008-08-28 04:57:42

Re: pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

#5 2008-08-28 05:03:29

Re: pacman -Syu returns system up to date after a new 2008.03 (solved)

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