Yes, and both issues got solved on this end. On Thu, 13 Aug 2020, schtiehve via arch-general wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 05:16:57 > From: schtiehve via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: schtiehve <schtiehve@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: old archlinux instance repositories progress > > That sould usually be in the error message. Something like "could not > lock database" so in the future it might be helpfull to post the error > message that way you can get better help from this list. > > Regards > Schtiehve > > Am 2020-08-11 23:22, schrieb Jude DaShiell: > > The hang up turned out to be /var/lib/pacman/db.lck. An upgrade got > > disrupted so that file needed to be removed and that removal solved this > > issue. If that happens again, I'll now know to look for and remove that > > lock file in the future. > > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, mar77i via arch-general wrote: > > > >> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:13:56 > >> From: mar77i via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Reply-To: mar77i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > >> General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: mar77i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: old archlinux instance repositories progress > >> > >> ??????? Original Message ??????? > >> On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:21 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring returns error cannot update core among > >> > other repositories and pacman -Ss archlinux-keyring shows the keyring to > >> > be installed with date of 20200622-1 on it. > >> > > >> > >> ...is this the same issue as on the other discussion thread? > >> > >> pacman -Ss shows the package as it's available in the repository. > >> If you want to see the installed package, you have to type `pacman -Qs [packagename]`. > >> > >> cheers! > >> mar77i > >> > >> > >> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > >> > --
