2010/1/18 Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Often times it's the user configuration files that mess up a system, >> so keep that in mind unless you're really confident it's all in the >> packages themselves. >> >> And if you're thinking of reinstalling a la pacman -S $(comm -3 >> <(pacman -Qq) <(pacman -Qqm)) then remember to put it in a list first, >> remove them (-Rscn) and then (re)install (-S). This is because some, >> if not many packages, contain post-remove/install commands that may >> affect the outcome. >> > > I don't know if it's a good idea to remove pacman, libfetch, > libarchive, glibc, bash, ... > > If you are worried some important files got corrupted, a simple > reinstall with pacman -S should be fine. Yes, that's stupid. I think what I would do is filter extra and community and leave core alone. At least that's what I did at one point of time when I was paranoid. -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD
