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Jungian

Member

Registered: 2007-04-01

Posts: 10

Pacman seems to ignore unstable

The title says it all I think. Every time I pacman -Syu it's gives me the following output, which seems to be fine at first glance, but clearly misses the unstable repository getting synced.

[root@Lohengrin /]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 current is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 local database is up to date

My pacman.conf

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman manpage for option directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing

[current]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/current

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community

#[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

So, what's up ? Pacman 2 never exhibited this strange behaviour (FYI).

chaosgeisterchen

Member

From: Kefermarkt, Upper Austria

Registered: 2006-11-20

Posts: 550

Re: Pacman seems to ignore unstable

You see that '#' in front of [unstable]?

You better remove it from your pacman.conf.

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Acid7711

Member

From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-08-18

Posts: 300

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Re: Pacman seems to ignore unstable

Yup, like......

[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Pacman seems to ignore unstable

yes, in the actual config, it adds the unstable mirrors in the [community] section.
Fortunately, I guess it starts using the first mirrors, so it uses the community mirrors for the community repos, and not the unstable ones
Maybe there should be some checks for that, if it's possible.

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Jungian

Member

Registered: 2007-04-01

Posts: 10

Re: Pacman seems to ignore unstable

OMFG I didn't know pacman actually parsed the text between the brackets. Shame on me