Op za 11 jan. 2020 15:05 schreef Mr.Elendig <mrelendig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 11/01/2020 03:57, Shadrock Uhuru via arch-general wrote: > > i have a server that has not been booted since 2017, > > i tried upgrading with pacman -Syu, > > i have post the screen output at http://paste.openstack.org/show/788264/ > > i thought adding Eli Schwartz' personal repository to pacman.conf > > would have allowed the upgrade with his Binary builds of pacman-static. > > is my problem still to do with the xz to zstd change or something > > different ? > > Personally I would backup the data/configuration, do a clean reinstall > and then restore the data and update/port the configurations as needed. > I've had good fairly good experience in upgrading an old Arch install the past. Make a full backup, try the upgrade (both pacman-static and the keyring are probably pre-requisites) and just solve any errors/warnings one at the time. If it really fails or takes too long, use your backup. If the server is in any way important, perhaps restoring the backup to a VM first is an option? Mvg, Guus Snijders
