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scippie

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[SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

I have been using Arch for years, but with this question, I feel like a newbie because I feel I should be able to find the answer somewhere.
So sorry in advance.

But it has been multiple weeks, maybe a month, since I've had any updates on my system when I ran

pacman -Syu

and since I somewhat have gotten used to almost always getting updates when I ran it, I am getting worried if my system is compromised or something like that.
In my mirrorlist, I have the mirror

Server = http://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/$repo/os/$arch

which is 100% up to date according to the Mirror list. I generated the mirrorlist file with reflector and I am able to install new packages.

The reason I think it may be a stupid question is because there is probably a place where I can find out about what got updated recently, but I don't seem to immediately find a web page like that.
But I thought there were always new kernel releases at the first of the month, so...

Thanks for any hints and/or answers!

Last edited by scippie (2023-04-05 13:13:46)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

... which is 100% up to date according to the Mirror list.

Huh?!  No, it most certainly isn't.  It's on the "out of sync" list as you just linked to.  It hasn't synced in a month!

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schard

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

You are probably mistaking "Completion" for "in sync".
Read the legend above the list for an explanation of what the columns actually represent.

You can see that, as Trilby stated, the mirror was last synced more than a month ago by simply reading the timestamp on the file lastsync.

Last edited by schard (2023-04-05 12:26:08)

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scippie

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

Omg... ok, thanks...
So there are mirrors with +/- 2 years delay??

So I need to find a mirror with 100% completion, and the lowest delay, and preferably close to home...

Oh now I get it, I looked at the wrong list, the out-of-sync list. Sorry guys...

Receiving 2GB of updates now...

Last edited by scippie (2023-04-05 13:15:07)

Ferdinand

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

Reflector is a real gem

Edit: Oops, I'm sorry for making noise - I should have read the OP more thoroughly. Thank you schard.

Last edited by Ferdinand (2023-04-05 16:19:36)

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schard

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

I generated the mirrorlist file with reflector and I am able to install new packages.

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scippie

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Re: [SOLVED] No updates, should I be worried?

Reflector is a real gem

Edit: Oops, I'm sorry for making noise - I should have read the OP more thoroughly. Thank you schard.

Yes, but reflector kept giving me the 'bad' mirror because of incorrect argument usage. I got the arguments from some source and never checked it, shame on me.