Some software update via pamac is breaking the system, but I can't tell which one

Hello Christian, and thank you for your comments.
I have currently rolled back the updates because for the past week I have needed to get other work done which required me to have access to the NTFS Data volume and I didn’t have time to work on trying to solve this “technical” problem. But not, the pamac gui tells me that there are 156 updates available, and I would like get back to seeing whether I can solve this problem.
I had also put the original post regarding this problem on the LinuxQuestions forum and got some advice from “teckk”. His approach was similar to yours; he also suggested trying to fix the mouning problem rather than trying to find which update was causing it and eliminating that update. You can see the correspondence here.
The correspondence includes my attempt to mount the NTFS Data volume using teckk’s console commands and the error message I received. If I understand the situation correctly, to mount that volume, the system wants a file starting libhd.so.21 in the folder /usr/liib/ . That file is owned by a package called hwinfo, which is one of the packages being updated. When the update is performed, libhd.so.21.82 is replaced by libhd.so.22.1, and so the mount doesn’t work any more. Now, the pamac gui (also called “add/remove software”) gives information about the packages and shows that hwinfo is required by manjaro-settings-manager, which in turn is required by manjaro-settings-manager-kcm, which was explicitly installed. Does that mean anything to you?

By the way, I am running Manjaro KDE, not Gnome. The NTFS Data partition is set to automount on boot. (Does that mean that it is in the fstab file?)

And finally:

[martin@Martin-Manjaro-Desktop ~]$ sudo sudo lsblk -f
[sudo] password for martin: 
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL         UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/13308
loop1
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/acrordrdc/62
loop2
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2538
loop3
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
loop4
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/apple-music-electron/2
loop5
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1534
loop6
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
loop7
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/13425
loop8
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/nordvpn-electron/1
loop9
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2409
loop10
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop11
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/polar-bookshelf/86
loop12
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-6-stable/14
loop13
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-6-stable/19
loop14
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/316
loop15
     squash 4.0                                                            0   100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/315
sda                                                                                 
└─sda5
     ntfs         Data          B850C07750C03DBE                      647.1G    65% /mnt/Data
sdb                                                                                 
├─sdb1
│    vfat   FAT32               3212-D76F                                           
├─sdb2
│                                                                                   
├─sdb3
│    ntfs         Windows10     2E3414DD3414A9BB                                    
├─sdb4
│    ntfs                       38966543966502AC                                    
├─sdb5
│    swap   1                   9f251590-1722-47cf-a22c-5803566606c2                
├─sdb6
│    vfat   FAT32 BOOTEFI       BBF6-4F95                               418M    18% /mnt/BOOTEFI
├─sdb7
│    swap   1                   82fcc5b1-e3f9-4981-b227-697757080f73                
├─sdb8
│    ext4   1.0   Manjaro 20.0  19429b29-fa52-4671-86a7-733968f2fe77   50.9G    60% /mnt/Manjaro 20.0
│                                                                                   /
├─sdb9
│    ext4   1.0   Mint_20_Cinnamon
│                               5e5cf470-6c81-41c3-90a0-3baa90260015   74.8G    18% /mnt/Mint_20_Cinnamon
├─sdb10
│                                                                                   
├─sdb11
│    ext4   1.0   OpenSuse_TW_KDE
│                               75bc9100-9646-476b-b3d8-965052927a0a                
├─sdb13
│    vfat   FAT32 LINXEFIBOOT   A278-608E                                           
├─sdb14
│    ext4   1.0                 3da46309-c17f-4e64-a817-c50fa0546691                
└─sdb16
     btrfs        fedora_localhost-live
                                ca0cc87e-3f9e-4f5b-a359-75181f079d21                
sdc                                                                                 
├─sdc1
│    ntfs         Seagate_3Tb-NTFSpart
│                               0D8B15FB0D8B15FB                      524.9G    79% /mnt/usb-Seagate_Expansion_Desk_NA4LVLXX-0:0-part1
└─sdc2
     ext4   1.0   Seagate_3TB-ext4
                                7efa6249-10ce-4cb3-8b06-c0380c9ae000   93.4G    64% /mnt/usb-Seagate_Expansion_Desk_NA4LVLXX-0:0-part2
sdd                                                                                 
└─sdd1
     exfat  1.0   FreeAgent G   2088-5B7E                             786.9G    72% /mnt/wwn-0x5000c500354aa885-part1
sde                                                                                 
sr0
[martin@Martin-Manjaro-Desktop ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA2
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: E26609FF-3BD4-47BF-BB33-AB127E01832F

Device     Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda5   2048 3907028991 3907026944  1.8T Microsoft basic data


Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: CT1000MX500SSD1 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: F05E330D-AC4C-4950-AC27-40A2AE41FCFA

Device          Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1        2048     206847    204800   100M EFI System
/dev/sdb2      206848     239615     32768    16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb3      239616  209954925 209715310   100G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb4  1952481280 1953521663   1040384   508M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sdb5   209956864  232910847  22953984  10.9G Linux swap
/dev/sdb6   232910848  233959423   1048576   512M Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb7   233959424  267513855  33554432    16G Linux swap
/dev/sdb8   267513856  574953471 307439616 146.6G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb9   574953472  784668671 209715200   100G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb10  784668672  784685055     16384     8M Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb11  784685056  957997055 173312000  82.6G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb13 1168685056 1169733631   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sdb14  957997056  960094207   2097152     1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb16  960094208 1168676863 208582656  99.5G Linux filesystem

Partition table entries are not in disk order.


Disk /dev/sdc: 2.73 TiB, 3000592977920 bytes, 732566645 sectors
Disk model: Expansion Desk  
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0002c0f9

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1            2048 650521087 650519040  2.4T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdc2  *    650521088 732566527  82045440  313G 83 Linux


Disk /dev/sdd: 2.73 TiB, 3000592977920 bytes, 732566645 sectors
Disk model: FA GoFlex Desk  
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0a5a3bf3

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1  *       63 732564062 732564000  2.7T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/loop0: 113.89 MiB, 119418880 bytes, 233240 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 68 KiB, 69632 bytes, 136 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 55.56 MiB, 58261504 bytes, 113792 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 86.52 MiB, 90726400 bytes, 177200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 81.26 MiB, 85209088 bytes, 166424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop6: 164.76 MiB, 172761088 bytes, 337424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop7: 113.99 MiB, 119525376 bytes, 233448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop9: 55.54 MiB, 58232832 bytes, 113736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop8: 237.26 MiB, 248786944 bytes, 485912 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop10: 91.69 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop11: 164.15 MiB, 172122112 bytes, 336176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop12: 322.9 MiB, 338583552 bytes, 661296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop13: 322.95 MiB, 338636800 bytes, 661400 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop14: 346.97 MiB, 363827200 bytes, 710600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop15: 347.09 MiB, 363945984 bytes, 710832 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

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