Solved: What does "warning: iproute: local ... newer than..." mean?

bzreed · 2008-05-29 18:19:16

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out what "warning: iproute: local (070710-1) is newer than core (2.6.24_rc7-1)" means.

I did:
$ y -Syu
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
unstable is up to date
archlinuxfr is up to date
local database is up to date
Checking for package upgrades...
warning: iproute: local (070710-1) is newer than core (2.6.24_rc7-1)
no upgrades found.

I don't know what that warning means. If someone can explain that to me I'd appreciate it. If this was addressed in a previous post then I missed it. Before posting this question I did the following:
- I searched the forums for "warning: iproute:" and found 4 posts but unless I missed something while reading those posts they're not related to my issue. I also searched for "is newer than core" but couldn't find a post that answered my question.

- I also went to http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html and see that my mirrors have synced recently.
My repos are,
Server = ftp://mirrors.unixheads.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib … po/os/i686
Server = http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686

And the mirrorcheck indicates my mirrors are up to date.
For example, unixheads.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686 was last synced today (Thu May 29 16:01:06 UTC 2008).

- I'm not sure if I need to run, "y -Scc". The reason I just don't do a sync with the clean option is that I read not to clean the cache because I'd lose "the flexibility to downgrade to previous package versions in the future". I don't know what that means and if I should care about that flexibility at this point. I've been running Arch for about a week now.

Thank you for your time.

Last edited by bzreed (2008-05-29 19:32:38)

FrozenFox · 2008-05-29 18:44:20

It simply means what it says, that the package "iproute" installed on your system is newer than the one in the official "core" Arch repository. It is nothing to worry about at all. Odds are, if you didn't install iproute manually from another repository.. it just means you installed some program outside of the arch 'core' repository (perhaps in 'testing' or 'unstable' or a custom repo in pacman.conf) that took in that new version of iproute as a dependency. That is not an error, just a warning. Every package you install that is newer than the core repository versions will tell/"warn" you (like) that until the corresponding package in the core repository is "up to date".

Last edited by FrozenFox (2008-05-29 19:14:51)

jacko · 2008-05-29 18:55:58

make sure your pacman is up to date. Do a force update...

pacman -Syyu

bzreed · 2008-05-29 19:32:08

thanks for your response, "Every package you install that is newer than the core repository versions will tell/"warn" you (like) that until the corresponding package in the core repository is "up to date"."
That information answered my question. Thanks.

I ran:
$ y -Syyu
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 31.4K 116.6K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################################] 100%
extra 402.9K 336.8K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################################] 100%
community 342.1K 390.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################################] 100%
unstable 6.0K 63.0K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################################] 100%
archlinuxfr 23.1K 85.9K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################################] 100%
local database is up to date
Checking for package upgrades...
warning: iproute: local (070710-1) is newer than core (2.6.24_rc7-1)
no upgrades found.

and now i'm not worried about the warning.

Thank you.

Last edited by bzreed (2008-05-29 19:33:25)

Misfit138 · 2008-05-29 19:43:34

What mirror are you using? Sounds like it is a bit out of date.

jacko · 2008-05-29 19:57:58

Misfit138 wrote:

What mirror are you using? Sounds like it is a bit out of date.

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=iproute

nope

Misfit138 · 2008-05-29 20:51:18

jacko wrote:

Misfit138 wrote:
What mirror are you using? Sounds like it is a bit out of date.
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=iproute
nope

Heh. I don't know if I misread the OP, or it was edited after I responded..anyway it seems I misunderstood.
Sigh. I need more sleep.

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Solved: What does "warning: iproute: local ... newer than..." mean?

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