[Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

stevepa · 2014-12-07 05:27:55

Greetings,

Problem: Running pacman -Syu results in "there is nothing to do", with the customary package sync messages and traffic. Last update was December 3 for lvm2 as per /var/log/pacman.log

Question: How do I troubleshoot no updates occurring? (In my years with Arch, I do not recall 3 days without updates)

System: I am running standard repos, no testing. 64bit. PC laptop. Long time install. Gnome DE so a fairly large install. I've done nothing special to the system since December 3rd. The system operates fine otherwise, including networking.

What I have tried:

Read wiki page on pacman.

Tested pacman by uninstalling and reinstalling a package.
pacman -R htop
rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/<the existing htop package>
pacman -S htop --> and it downloaded and installed as normal.

Reviewed the /etc/pacman.conf file and it looked generic.

Re-established the mirrorlist by executing reflector.

pacman -Syyu and same "nothing to do" results

Commented out first mirrors and retried pacman -Syyu and same results.

Search forums, found one thread but it was related to testing repos which I don't use.

Thanks in advance.
Steve.

Last edited by stevepa (2014-12-07 05:46:05)

falconindy · 2014-12-07 05:33:15

Here's all the mirrors:

https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/

If your mirror isn't up to date, find a new one. If it is up to date, then there's nothing to be done.

jasonwryan · 2014-12-07 05:34:04

It's only been four days... This time of year, people get busy and things quieten down.

stevepa · 2014-12-07 05:39:39

@Jason and falcon

Tks for incredibly fast responses.
I am satisfied I am using updated mirrors so I think I am good. Just no updates since Dec 3.

I just glanced over the date sorted packages for core, comm and extra and I think it is likely no recent updates affected me.

I will wait and see.

Really really appreciate the great work you do for Arch.

tks
steve

jasonwryan · 2014-12-07 05:42:21

If you really want something to download, uncomment [testing].

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

stevepa · 2014-12-07 05:45:32

I am not that bored....or brave.
;-)

Thanks
Steve.

karol · 2014-12-07 10:42:49

See also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190736

stevepa · 2014-12-07 16:43:52

karol wrote:

See also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190736

That is the thread I saw. It was different enough that I thought I would start a new thread.

And by the way, today, these updated, so the world is good now!

Packages (6): dbus-1.8.12-1 ffmpeg-1:2.5-1 libdbus-1.8.12-1 libevdev-1.3.2-1
libinput-0.7.0-1 sqlite-3.8.7.3-1

Tks to all
Steve.

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#1 2014-12-07 05:27:55

[Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#2 2014-12-07 05:33:15

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#3 2014-12-07 05:34:04

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#4 2014-12-07 05:39:39

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#5 2014-12-07 05:42:21

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#6 2014-12-07 05:45:32

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

#7 2014-12-07 10:42:49

Re: [Resolved] pacman -Syu has not updated since December 3

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