Difference between revisions of "System Maintenance"
→Partial updates/upgrades are unsupported
imported>Fhdk |
imported>Fhdk |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==== Partial updates/upgrades are unsupported ==== | ==== Partial updates/upgrades are unsupported ==== | ||
Manjaro is a rolling release distribution. That means when new library versions are pushed to the repos, all developers and packagers, rebuild all packages against the libraries. For example, if two packages depend on the same library, upgrading only one package might also upgrade library (as a dependency), which might then break the other package which depends on an older version of the library. | Arch Linux [Manjaro] is a rolling release distribution. That means when new library versions are pushed to the repos, all developers and packagers, rebuild all packages against the libraries. For example, if two packages depend on the same library, upgrading only one package might also upgrade library (as a dependency), which might then break the other package which depends on an older version of the library. | ||
That is why partial upgrades are '''not supported'''. do not use <code> pacman -Sy [package] </code> or any equivalent such as <code> pacman -Sy </code> followed by <code> pacman -S [package] </code>. '''Always''' upgrade (with <code> pacman -Syu </code>) before installing a package. Be very careful when using <code> IgnorePkg </code> and <code> IgnoreGroup </code> for the same reason. If the system has locally installed packages (such as AUR packages), users will need to rebuild them when their dependices recieve a soname bump. | That is why partial upgrades are '''not supported'''. do not use <code> pacman -Sy [package] </code> or any equivalent such as <code> pacman -Sy </code> followed by <code> pacman -S [package] </code>. '''Always''' upgrade (with <code> pacman -Syu </code>) before installing a package. Be very careful when using <code> IgnorePkg </code> and <code> IgnoreGroup </code> for the same reason. If the system has locally installed packages (such as AUR packages), users will need to rebuild them when their dependices recieve a soname bump. | ||