Op 6 nov. 2015 09:25 schreef "Aron Widforss" <aron@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-term stasis, will things break horribly when I come > back and run an update? Is there anything I can do to avoid it? As others noted: make sure your data is backed up safely. Besides that: check the arch news before updating and you should be ok. I've had exactly the same situation with a special system, but even after 6 months or so, the update went very smooth. Pacman is really a killer app here ;). Mvg, Guus