Difference between revisions of "System Maintenance"

Revision as of 10:01, 9 March 2018

So the general recommendation when updating and installing packages - as to prevent partial updates/upgrades - is as follows:

Do not make temporary branch changes and mix in packages from other branches. It is - we believe - one cause of partial updates which can break systems.

sudo pacman -Syyu

sudo pacman -Syu some-package-name

The use of pacman downgrade option is discouraged as it might not solve an issue but could cause other issues.

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 == General Recommendation ==
+=== Partial updates/upgrades are unsupported ===
 So the general recommendation when updating and installing packages - as to prevent partial updates/upgrades - is as follows:
 * Do not make temporary branch changes and mix in packages from other branches. It is - we believe - one cause of partial updates which can break systems.
-* When you make a change to your mirror list with pacman-mirrors, we now recommend to do a system update in connection with database downloads by adding the u switch to the pacman command.
+* Do a full system update after changing branch or updating your mirrorlist
   sudo pacman -Syyu
-* Also a point to note is when you want to install a package - always do it in conjunction with a system update - also to prevent partial upgrades.
+* When you install a package update your system
   sudo pacman -Syu some-package-name
 * The use of pacman downgrade option is discouraged as it might not solve an issue but could cause other issues.