Pacman FAIL

Nalroff · 2009-04-16 23:54:51

I'm a complete NUB so bear w/ me. I just did a pacman -Syu on an older machine that I've been playing with, and after the upgrade completed, pacman was broken. Every time I try to do anything now it says this:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update core (unexpected error)
error: failed to update extra (unexpected error)
error: failed to update community (unexpected error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Nalroff

keenerd · 2009-04-16 23:58:44

What does

pacman -Qs pacman

report?

Maxa · 2009-04-17 00:03:20

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=70152

After the upgrade, mirrorlist doesn't probably have any mirrors uncommented. Happens if pacman hasn't been updated since, what, December? http://www.archlinux.org/news/427/

Nalroff · 2009-04-17 01:06:10

Thanks, Maxa, that thread helped tremendously. I wonder why they did that though? To me, it makes no sense. If someone has a better understanding on the subject, please elaborate.

fukawi2 · 2009-04-17 03:56:44

Nalroff wrote:

Thanks, Maxa, that thread helped tremendously. I wonder why they did that though? To me, it makes no sense. If someone has a better understanding on the subject, please elaborate.

Snowman in "that thread" wrote:

We want to force users to uncomment the appropriate mirrors for their location instead of just using the first one on the list by default.

.:B:. · 2009-04-17 12:05:15

Please refrain from using 'FAIL' in your titles.... 99% it's the user that's at fault, not the system. No matter how stupid (or smart) your question is, such titles only make you look stupid.

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