pacman not updating

janga4000 · 2014-02-07 08:06:02

Hi everyone,
I have had arch on my laptop for a while now, 3 months i think, and two days on my desktop pc. For some reason I can not update either. It just said that there is nothing to do.
I tried loads of things like just doing

pacman -Syy

and changing the mirrorlist so random mirrors are at the top.
The only difference is that when running pacman -Syu on my laptop, it updates the repos and then says that there is nothing to do rather than on the desktop it says that repos are up to date. Here is my pacman.conf, it is the same on both systems:

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = auto

ILoveCandy

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
# IgnorePkg   = lxpanel nemo gparted audacious
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

# [testing]
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# [community-testing]
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[mate]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archlinux/$arch

[pnsft-pur]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pnsft-aur/pur/$arch

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

# [multilib-testing]
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

None of the mirrors give me all updates.
It gives me a few, but not all, updates with certain mirrors.

Thanks in advance.

Scimmia · 2014-02-07 08:18:36

What updates are you missing, exactly?

Show us your mirror list.

jasonwryan · 2014-02-07 08:19:19

Have you used a tool like reflector? Please paste your mirrorlist.

janga4000 · 2014-02-07 10:02:08

OK, here it is

##
## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
## Sorted by mirror score from mirror status page
## Generated on 2013-08-01
##

Server = http://foss.aueb.gr/mirrors/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.its.dal.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.root.lu/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.chmuri.net/archmirror/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch


## Score: 0.4, United States
Server = http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.5, Germany
Server = http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.5, Netherlands
Server = http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.5, France
Server = http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.5, Poland
Server = http://mirror.chmuri.net/archmirror/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.6, United States
Server = http://mirrors.liquidweb.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.6, Germany
Server = http://mirror.1favre.de/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.7, Iceland
Server = http://mirror.system.is/arch/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.7, Germany
Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.7, Germany
Server = http://ftp.tuxdroid.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.8, Belarus
Server = http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, United States
Server = http://lug.mtu.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, France
Server = http://miroir.ezvan.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, United Kingdom
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, Greece
Server = http://foss.aueb.gr/mirrors/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, United Kingdom
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Germany
Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Italy
Server = http://archlinux.openlabto.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Sweden
Server = http://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Germany
Server = http://mirror.unitedcolo.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Germany
Server = http://mirror.selfnet.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.0, Germany
Server = http://mirrors.n-ix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.1, Germany
Server = http://ftp.neutrinopower.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.1, France
Server = http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.1, Netherlands
Server = http://fruk.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.1, Netherlands
Server = http://arch.apt-get.eu/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Switzerland
Server = http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Netherlands
Server = http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Poland
Server = http://ftp.vectranet.pl/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Denmark
Server = http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Czech Republic
Server = http://mirror.vpsfree.cz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Taiwan, Province of China
Server = http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Belarus
Server = http://ftp.byfly.by/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Czech Republic
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.dkm.cz/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, United States
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.2, Norway
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.3, Austria
Server = http://mirror1.htu.tugraz.at/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.3, Germany
Server = http://mirror.michael-eckert.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, Belgium
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, Australia
Server = http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, Germany
Server = http://mirror.fluxent.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, Romania
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.linux.ro/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, Germany
Server = http://mirror.netcologne.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.4, France
Server = http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.5, United States
Server = http://mirror.nexcess.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.6, United States
Server = http://archlinux.surlyjake.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.6, United States
Server = http://cake.lib.fit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.6, United States
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.6, United States
Server = http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.6, United States
Server = http://mirror.umd.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.7, Brazil
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.7, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Server = http://arch.linux.net.mk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.7, Brazil
Server = http://pet.inf.ufsc.br/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.7, United States
Server = http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.8, Australia
Server = http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.8, Finland
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.8, United States
Server = http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.8, Chile
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.cl/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.8, Brazil
Server = http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.9, France
Server = http://archlinux.aubrac-medical.fr/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.9, Sweden
Server = http://ftp.portlane.com/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.9, France
Server = http://archlinux.vi-di.fr/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.9, Canada
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.rafal.ca/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.0, Luxembourg
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.root.lu/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.0, Indonesia
Server = http://suro.ubaya.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.0, Germany
Server = http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.0, Hungary
Server = http://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.1, Japan
Server = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.1, United Kingdom
Server = http://mirror.cinosure.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.1, Netherlands
Server = http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.3, Israel
Server = http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.3, United States
Server = http://mirrors.aggregate.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.3, Germany
Server = http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.4, Australia
Server = http://ftp.swin.edu.au/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.4, United States
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.4, Canada
Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.4, China
Server = http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.5, China
Server = http://mirrors.hustunique.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.5, Colombia
Server = http://www.laqee.unal.edu.co/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.5, Serbia
Server = http://mirror.pmf.kg.ac.rs/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.5, Estonia
Server = http://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.6, Italy
Server = http://mirrors.prometeus.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.7, Norway
Server = http://archlinux.uib.no/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.7, Viet Nam
Server = http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.7, Netherlands
Server = http://mirror.i3d.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.8, China
Server = http://mirrors6.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.9, Russian Federation
Server = http://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 2.9, Greece
Server = http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.0, United States
Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.0, Greece
Server = http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.0, Greece
Server = http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.1, Latvia
Server = http://archlinux.goodsoft.lv/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.2, United States
Server = http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.2, Portugal
Server = http://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.2, Germany
Server = http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.2, Sweden
Server = http://ftp.availo.se/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.4, Japan
Server = http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.6, United States
Server = http://cosmos.cites.illinois.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.7, Germany
Server = http://linux.rz.rub.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.8, China
Server = http://mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.9, Belgium
Server = http://archlinux.cu.be/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.9, China
Server = http://mirror6.bjtu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.9, Germany
Server = http://ftp.hawo.stw.uni-erlangen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 3.9, Australia
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.uber.com.au/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.0, Ireland
Server = http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.0, United States
Server = http://mirrors.lax1.thegcloud.com/arch/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.0, Germany
Server = http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.1, United Kingdom
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.2, Romania
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.ro/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.4, Kazakhstan
Server = http://archlinux.kz/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.5, Turkey
Server = http://ftp.linux.org.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.5, France
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.ikoula.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.6, Taiwan, Province of China
Server = http://archlinux.cs.nctu.edu.tw/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.6, Bulgaria
Server = http://archlinux.igor.onlinedirect.bg/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.7, China
Server = http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 4.7, Australia
Server = http://mirror.optus.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.1, New Zealand
Server = http://mirror.xnet.co.nz/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.2, France
Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.5, Sweden
Server = http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.6, New Caledonia
Server = http://archlinux.nautile.nc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.6, China
Server = http://mirror.bjtu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 5.9, Russian Federation
Server = http://mirror.rol.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.8, United States
Server = http://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.9, Australia
Server = http://syd.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.9, United States
Server = http://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.0, India
Server = http://mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.1, Canada
Server = http://mirror.its.dal.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.3, Kazakhstan
Server = http://mirror.neolabs.kz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.5, United States
Server = http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.6, Hong Kong
Server = http://hkg.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 8.5, United States
Server = http://mirror.metrocast.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 8.9, Ukraine
Server = http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 10.3, United States
Server = http://archlinux.supsec.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 11.3, Spain
Server = http://sunsite.rediris.es/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.4, Spain
Server = http://osl.ugr.es/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.7, Poland
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.pl.ionic.net.pl/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.7, United States
Server = http://mirrors.xmission.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.7, Germany
Server = http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.8, Germany
Server = http://artfiles.org/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.9, Ukraine
Server = http://mirrors.mithril.org.ua/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 12.9, Canada
Server = http://archlinux.mirror.vexxhost.com/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.0, Germany
Server = http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.2, Portugal
Server = http://archlinux.dcc.fc.up.pt/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.4, Germany
Server = http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.4, Sweden
Server = http://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.4, Slovakia
Server = http://mirror.lnx.sk/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.7, Denmark
Server = http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 13.8, China
Server = http://mirrors.163.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 15.0, Sri Lanka
Server = http://mirror.learn.ac.lk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 16.0, Korea, Republic of
Server = http://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 17.7, Australia
Server = http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 20.0, Indonesia
Server = http://jaran.undip.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 20.1, Uzbekistan
Server = http://mirrors.st.uz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 20.9, South Africa
Server = http://ftp.wa.co.za/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 63.1, Singapore
Server = http://mirror.nus.edu.sg/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

BTW if there are multiple mirrors does it fallback to second one if the first fails?

thank you for helping

janga4000 · 2014-02-07 10:02:42

What is reflector BTW?

Thanks

karol · 2014-02-07 10:04:48

If the first mirror is still online but it's out of date, pacman won't fall back automatically, since the mirror still works.
http://foss.aueb.gr/mirrors/ isn't listed in https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ so please comment it out and run 'pacman -Syyu'.

karol · 2014-02-07 10:05:33

janga4000 wrote:

What is reflector BTW?
Thanks

Please read the wiki.

x33a · 2014-02-07 10:17:16

I have had a similar problem before when even doing a

# pacman -Syyu

didn't fetch the updates.

If I remember correctly, I fixed it by choosing a different mirror and doing

# rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/sync/

before updating again.

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#1 2014-02-07 08:06:02

pacman not updating

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Re: pacman not updating

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Re: pacman not updating

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Re: pacman not updating

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Re: pacman not updating

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Re: pacman not updating

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