cant update my system

ninjaprawn · 2013-01-21 21:11:47

hi.... for a while now, pacman -Syu never works.... it always gives the following

[root@HPMachine danny]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
[root@HPMachine danny]#

but then when i do pacman -Syyu it finds programs that need upgrading.... this is all true even if i leave it over a month before I run -Syu.

any ideas? not massive problem, just annoying. Thanks

falconindy · 2013-01-21 21:12:44

The mirror is at fault, not pacman.

Trilby · 2013-01-21 23:51:47

Could it also be a system clock issue? I'm just brainstorming and don't really know - but pacman checks whether the mirror's package database is "newer" than the local one, right? I suspect either mirror or local clock errors might lead to this.

Edit: thanks for the clarification below (no point in bumping the thread for this).

Last edited by Trilby (2013-01-22 00:31:05)

falconindy · 2013-01-22 00:29:32

Newer is defined by a comparison of mtimes. It has nothing to do with the hwclock.

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cant update my system

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