300 plus updates to do one is making manjaro not work

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hi, thank you first for taking the time to help me. and the manjaro team thank you for making this project

I have been running manjaro now for a few months with no real problems at all doing updates here and there but not doing them every day or every other day like I could as it is nice to be in control of when I want to do updates to make sure I can get work done but this week I came across a lot off updates to do 300+ even tho a few days ago I did update my system without problems

but something I these updates makes my system not work when I apply all the updates some apps just don’t work anymore will open but will close very quickly I can remember this happening with authy 2-factor app and sorry to say this word but I do use it for work at times Microsoft teams will just close and I think a few other apps just don’t run I remember only being able to use my web browser

in the end, I had to run a time shift to restore before the backup to have a working system anyone got any idea what might be making this happen is there a command I can run to show you all the updates that want to happen to see if someone can tell me what package is making this problem happen

by the way, I am using the kde version

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You are in control - no one forces you to update.

Turn off the update indicator if that is annoying.

Manjaro is a tightly integrated system and does not support different versions of the same library.

Therefore - when you want to install one package otherwise known as sync - you need to update the system at the same time. IF because you can you choose to only sync that single package including dependencies - your system is only partially synced - and that state is unsupported.

This is the reason the GUI package manager defaults to sync the whole system. You can disable the behavior in the settings - but be advised - it is not recommended.

If you prefer your system to be synced more often - it is advised to switch to testing or unstable branch.

The unstable branch is where all stable Arch packages enter and it is updated very, very frequent - in any case - skip the update reminder - as it is a strees factor. Instead get yourself a schedule - only use one mrror - don’t not every day - once a week is a reasonable interval.

Of course it is your system and you should find your own flow.

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