[Stable Update] 2023-10-09 - Mesa, Grub, GlibC, Thunderbird, KDE Frameworks Renaming

[Keruskerfuerst]

I have a problem with update from today:
e.g.: glibc locales: /usr/lib/locale/zu_ZA_utf.8/LC Time exists in filesystem.

[Mirdarthos]

@philm

glibc-locales update requires manual intervention

If you had the old glibc-locales package from the extra repo installed, the update to the new core package will need manual intervention:

 sudo pacman -Syu glibc-locales --overwrite /usr/lib/locale/\*/\*

[stormschip]

During boot i noticed a warning

BFPT parsing failed please consider SPI_NO

journalctl -b -t kernel -p3

spi-nor spi0.0: BFPT parsing failed. Please consider using SPI_NOR_SKIP_SFDP when declaring the flash

The solution for me is create a file spi_nor.conf in /etc/modprobe.d

sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/spi_nor.conf
blacklist spi_nor

more information in the archwiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_module#Blacklisting

[reinheaven]

Update failed using pacman-mirrors -f && sudo pacman -Syyu but updating via GUI/pamac worked.

One minor thing that caught my eye is that favorites in the application overview are no longer in the order I set.

The update also solved a problem I had been having for some time where icons on the desktop would no longer show as highlighted after they were selected.

[1efaf7d71a8637c6800a]

Thank you for getting the security fix for glibc out!

I’m also getting a renamed GTK package, before updating:
libgedit-amtk and amtk are in conflict
and Pacman wants me to remove the latter [y/N]

Says the package amtk was renamed here:
“The project has been renamed to libgedit-amtk and is now hosted on…” Gedit Technology.

So it’s probably reinstalled under the new name during the process.

[Aragorn]

@AMDave

pacman likes to get your permission for each package
If you prefer not to have to respond to each package prompt, you can use pamac instead of pacman

sudo pamac update

pamac will take care of it for you

@AMDave

Together in sequence:

sudo pacman-mirrors --country all --api --protocols all --set-branch stable && sudo pamac update

Never use sudo with pamac. It will mess up the permissions on your package databases.

pamac is intended to be run with the user’s own privileges and will prompt you for a password when needed.

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@Fabian

Why does that require renames? Doesn’t hat imply that I will not get the version 6 update?

It simply implies that there will be a choice when Plasma 6 hits the repos, so that no packages from Plasma 6 will be overwriting packages needed in Plasma 5.

[MrLavender]

@philm

If you had the old glibc-locales package from the extra repo installed, the update to the new core package will need manual intervention:

 sudo pacman -Syu glibc-locales --overwrite /usr/lib/locale/\*/\*

@MrLavender

Now taking bets on how many people won’t read that.

[Aragorn]

Somehow — only the universe knows why — my Plasma desktop was once again completely screwed up after updating. The symptoms were the same as the last time.

I had to restore a full system backup — and a separate (and even earlier) copy of my $HOME, because the copy in the last backup was corrupt again as well — and then run the update process all over again. And then it all worked out fine again.

[ARSManiac]

After reading this update announcement as I always do the update went fine
(I did sudo pacman -Syu glibc-locales --overwrite /usr/lib/locale/\*/\* and said Yes to replace some packages), the only thing I noticed is that pamac in now full white (it had a dark theme like the rest of my system) but not bothering me at all since everything is working as it should.
Manjaro XFCE for more than 3 years here.

[Kobold]

The update with pamac GUI went fine on my PC but my AMD Laptop (with a little newer Manjaro install) showed a popup message that a few locale files are backed up under the restart button, after i try to select this info’s about the files with ctrl+a and try to copy them with ctrl+c the OS froze instantly.

I had to press the powerswitch to shutdown my AMD Laptop, the OS normaly booted after this again (after a orphan message spamm, while booting )… is there anything i should do about this backup files? I don’t see any errors in journal btw.

The strange thing, in testing branch Topic, i saw people had a refuse install from it… thats why i though i just blindly install this update… didnt expect a system freeze because of it and also wondering why i have this files on a newer install, while also having even less package installed on my Laptop.

Edit:

pacman -Qi glibc-locales

Required By     : None
Optional For    : None

Looks save to uninstall on my Laptop, no idea why it was installed at all.

[Aragorn]

@ARSManiac

Yes to replace some packages), the only thing I noticed is that pamac in now full white (it had a dark theme like the rest of my system)

Easy fix: replace pamac-gtk by pamac-gtk3.

[Mirdarthos]

@Aragorn

only the universe knows why

For some reason I doubt this…

[programista.zacny]

Hello,
After pamac upgrade and reboot I can’t login into system via gdm or ssh. Always “bad password” message…

[1efaf7d71a8637c6800a]

@AMDave

pacman likes to get your permission for each package

You can just hit enter for the KDE packages, you’ll see when you have to stop doing that because the packages are listed in alphabetical order.

One GTK package was also renamed, here you have to confirm the removal of amtk (it’s renamed and reinstalled as libgedit-amtk) by y+ENTER, it is the last of the packages to show up.

I can not confirm any of the KDE issues above, the favorites list in Appl. Launcher is untouched. But then my install is from June this year, and I’m not using Kvantum and stayed with Breeze/Breath.

I have 2 smaller, tiny issues, one already after the last update, one forever, Web Browser widget and 2 apps that don’t save the screen they’re being started on (flatpak Duolingo, portmaster-stub) that I’ll open topics for shortly.

Thank you for this update!