> - read the homepage news
> - check the bugtracker (and forums if I'm not in a hurry) for major
> kernel ("[linux] ...") issues and other still active bugs from
> that timeframe, especially those with a high priority and a large
> number of votes/comments
> - run my backup script
> - run pacman -Syu
> - merge all *.pacnew files right away
Pretty much. I've had a system collecting dust for over a year (I was
off in a different country) and I managed to update without any
problems by doing the above, so worry not.
For a more fool-proof thing, it's always possible to make a
staged-update script working from the Archive.
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Serge Hooge
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