[SOLVED] Pacman - "there is nothing to do" for 12 days straight

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 12:40:12

Question's in the title - how do I solve this issue? I've already tried regenerating and updating my mirrors, but to no avail. One other thing I could try would be to uncomment every single mirror in the file, not just the ones in Europe, but I don't think that would work particularly.

EDIT: Uncommenting every single mirror did nothing. Same error.

Last edited by Vectorlocity (2020-03-16 13:08:53)

koffeinfriedhof · 2020-03-16 12:45:40

Hi!

Did you try to update with `pacman -Syyuu`? Is there any information in the pacman.log?

Trilby · 2020-03-16 12:47:06

Vectorlocity wrote:

EDIT: Uncommenting every single mirror did nothing. Same error.

What did you expect it to do? Pacman still only uses the first one that responds. What is the first mirror? How did you "generate and update" your mirrors? Post the output of `pacman -Syuv`.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-03-16 12:47:37)

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 12:47:23

Just tried pacman -Syyuu
pacman.log:

[2020-03-16T12:23:10+0000] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-03-16T12:23:18+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2020-03-16T12:23:18+0000] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-03-16T12:23:18+0000] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-03-16T12:33:20+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -u -y --config /etc/pacman.conf --'
[2020-03-16T12:33:20+0000] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-03-16T12:33:20+0000] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-03-16T12:35:22+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S mutter'
[2020-03-16T12:42:37+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y -u --config /etc/pacman.conf --'
[2020-03-16T12:42:37+0000] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-03-16T12:42:38+0000] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-03-16T12:45:59+0000] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyuu'
[2020-03-16T12:45:59+0000] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-03-16T12:46:01+0000] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 12:51:40

pacman -Syuv:

Root      : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path   : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/  
Hook Dirs : /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/  /etc/pacman.d/hooks/  
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File  : /var/log/pacman.log
GPG Dir   : /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
Targets   : None
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

I updated my mirrorlist using https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/, with all default options and "Use mirror status" checked.
I just thought that uncommenting all mirrors could work some sort of crazy magic. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

Trilby · 2020-03-16 12:53:43

And what is your first mirror?

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 12:56:18

My first mirror:

Server = http://mirrors.evowise.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Trilby · 2020-03-16 13:02:17

And that's a broken mirror that hasn't synced in two weeks:
https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/evowise.com/893/

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 13:03:59

When will it be fixed?

P.S: Got it working now. Currently upgrading my system. Thanks!

EDIT: Will mark is solved once question is answered in this reply.

Last edited by Vectorlocity (2020-03-16 13:04:54)

Trilby · 2020-03-16 13:06:15

How should we know when, or even if it will be fixed. It may never be fixed. Contact the owners/admins of that site if you want to know. Or take the sane approach of just using good mirrors rather than waiting for bad ones to be "fixed".

Last edited by Trilby (2020-03-16 13:06:44)

Vectorlocity · 2020-03-16 13:08:41

OK then. Just wanted to know because I would prefer having a full list of mirrors rather than having to comment out a broken one. Thanks for helping! Enjoy the rest of your day

Trilby · 2020-03-16 13:11:33

There are countless broken / abandonned arch linux mirrors out there - why would you want to include those? There is also no value in having a "full" list. You need quality mirrors. Again, pacman only uses the first one to respond. So in reality having only one mirror listed would be sufficient for a majority of cases. Having a second one can be useful in case the first one goes offline. But frankly, I can't imaging having more than 2 or 3 serving any purpose at all for pacman.

I keep a half dozen listed so if the first one is giving me trouble, I just delete it and move on.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-03-16 13:12:10)

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