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JGV277

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Registered: 2026-08-02

Posts: 7

Pacman claims out of date packages are up to date

For the last month or so, every time I try to update my computer with

pacman -Syu

it claims the system is up to date. At first I thought there just wasn't anything to update. Recently I was looking at the official versions and latest release dates of some packages I have, and the version number is higher than the one I have installed. For instance, I have firefox 154.0.1, whereas the latest release is 156.0.1, from the 23d of September. Even after running

pacman -S firefox

it still claims the package is up to date. The same occurs with a few other packages (I'm checking the versions on the packages section of the archlinux website).
I checked my mirrorlist, found a .pacnew file, updated it and removed it. Still, after attempting to upgrade my system, it insists it's up to date. Then I went around looking for all the pacnew files I could find, updated them and removed them. Nothing changed. I've also tried uninstalling and re-installing some packages to no avail. I suspect the issue is with the sync database, but I'm not sure.

SimonJ

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Registered: 2021-05-11

Posts: 390

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Re: Pacman claims out of date packages are up to date

I would look at and update your mirror list again and check they are valid and working.

Last edited by SimonJ (2026-09-27 20:17:20)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,512

Re: Pacman claims out of date packages are up to date

Sounds like the mirror you're using has troubles and is out-of-date.

Look for the first uncommented line in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and look it up on https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ .

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