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minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoPartial updates are not supported on Arch. You need to use -Syu.
minus-squaresaoirse@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoI think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is. A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling pacman -Sy with the u switch). pacman -S, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with the y switch. See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.
Partial updates are not supported on Arch. You need to use
-Syu
.I think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is.
A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling
pacman -Sy
with theu
switch).pacman -S
, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with they
switch.See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.