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dc-forum

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pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

Accoriding to Arch Linux Packages several of my packages are out of date.

E.g.:
Arch Linux Packages version:

x86_64 	Core 	openssl 	1.1.1.l-1
x86_64 	Core 	systemd 	249.3-1

My version

x86_64 	Core 	openssl 	1.1.1.k-1
x86_64 	Core 	systemd 	249.2-1

Even if I update

sudo pacman -Syu

the new versions are not shown, and pacman returns:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                  136.1 KiB   174 KiB/s 00:01 [##########] 100%
 extra                1568.2 KiB   587 KiB/s 00:03 [##########] 100%
 community               5.6 MiB   858 KiB/s 00:07 [##########] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

I'm aware of this somewhat similar post , however the presented solution did not solved the issue.

Last edited by dc-forum (2021-08-25 17:08:56)

Scimmia

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Re: pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

The solution, as the other thread shows, is picking a more up to date mirror.

dc-forum

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Re: pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

@Scimmia
I already use the best one:

cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
...
Server = https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
...

Considering  the Arch Mirrors Status

https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/ 	https 	Sweden 	100.0% 	0:00 	0.08 	0.03 	0.1

Last edited by dc-forum (2021-08-25 16:48:02)

Scimmia

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Re: pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

with those '...'s meaning what?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,310

Re: pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

And that's the first mirror that's actually uncommented? Under normal circumstances only the first mirror is relevant.

dc-forum

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Re: pacman not showing/downloading/installing new updates [SOLVED]

Found in Arch Wiki how to properly force pacman to update

pacman -Syyu

after updating the mirror

sudo vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

according to the Arch Mirrors Status (section 2 * "Successfully Syncing Mirrors"), the one with the lowest mirror score (last column):

Server = https://arch.jensgutermuth.de/$repo/os/$arch

And it worked!

* I wonder why the most relevant list "Successfully Syncing Mirrors" is the second list, between the "Out of Sync Mirrors" first and "Mirror Syncing Error Log" third list respectively (bad-list, good-list, bad-list)?!

Last edited by dc-forum (2021-08-25 17:42:22)