i should mention that i seem to have the correct pacman "distribution"
file:
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bash apollo2 (master): {1198} ls -l /var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-5.2.1-*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856820 Apr 30 03:23 /var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-5.2.1-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 857872 May 23 03:04 /var/cache/pacman/pkg/pacman-5.2.1-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
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(going through my symlink). if that helps me patch back up my system?
cheers, Greg
