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For more detailed information on how pacman works you can read up on the Archlinux Wiki | For more detailed information on how pacman works you can read up on the Archlinux Wiki | ||
The is a direct quote from that wiki about partial upgrades | The is a direct quote from that wiki about partial upgrades: | ||
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=== Partial upgrades are unsupported === | === Partial upgrades are unsupported === | ||
Arch Linux is a rolling release distribution. That means when new library versions are pushed to the repositories, the developers and Trusted Users rebuild all the packages in the repositories that need to be rebuilt against the libraries. For example, if two packages depend on the same library, upgrading only one package might also upgrade the library (as a dependency), which might then break the other package which depends on an older version of the library. | Arch Linux is a rolling release distribution. That means when new library versions are pushed to the repositories, the developers and Trusted Users rebuild all the packages in the repositories that need to be rebuilt against the libraries. For example, if two packages depend on the same library, upgrading only one package might also upgrade the library (as a dependency), which might then break the other package which depends on an older version of the library. | ||
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Also, think about other configuration files you may have copied or created. If a package had an example configuration that you copied to your home directory, check to see if a new one has been created. | Also, think about other configuration files you may have copied or created. If a package had an example configuration that you copied to your home directory, check to see if a new one has been created. | ||
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==TL:DR - Samples please== | ==TL:DR - Samples please== | ||