[Testing Update] 2025-12-18 - Kernels, Systemd, Cinnamon, Pacman, Vulkan-SDK

Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’.We will focus on Plasma 6.5 series and will introduce GNOME 49, maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta).

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Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

2025-04-17 - Andrew Crerar

Valkey, a high-performance key/value datastore, will be replacing redis in the [extra] repository. This change is due to Redis modifying its license from BSD-3-Clause to RSALv2 and SSPLv1 on March 20th, 2024.

Arch Linux Package Maintainers intend to support the availability of the redis package for roughly 14 days from the day of this post, to enable a smooth transition to valkey. After the 14 day transition period has ended, the redis package will be moved to the AUR. Also, from this point forward, the redis package will not receive any additional updates and should be considered deprecated until it is removed.

Users are recommended to begin transitioning their use of Redis to Valkey as soon as possible to avoid possible complications after the 14 day transition window closes.

Arch Linux - News: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

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Additional Info

Python 3.13 info

:information_source: You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.12.so.

Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.12/ :

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12/

Rebuild them all at once:*

pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12)

Use rebuild-detector to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:

 checkrebuild

* It’s recommended to clean your build cache first with pamac clean --build-files

Info about AUR packages

:warning: AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcements topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.

For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic in Support > AUR and a helpful volunteer may be able to assist you.

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Our current supported kernels

  • linux54 5.4.302 [EOL]
  • linux510 5.10.247
  • linux515 5.15.197
  • linux61 6.1.159
  • linux66 6.6.119
  • linux612 6.12.63
  • linux617 6.17.13 [EOL]
  • linux618 6.18.2
  • linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
  • linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
  • linux612-rt 6.12.57_rt14
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (12/18/25 18:52)

  • testing core x86_64: 25 new and 22 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 1258 new and 1254 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 11 new and 11 removed package(s)

A list of all changes can be found here.

  • No issue, everything went smoothly
  • Yes there was an issue. I was able to resolve it myself.(Please post your solution)
  • Yes i am currently experiencing an issue due to the update. (Please post about it)
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Known issues and solutions

This is a wiki post; please edit as necessary.
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Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!

Note: Do not forget to review your .pacnew files:

:arrow_right: 2025-12-18

2025-12-09

.NET packages may require manual intervention

2025-12-11 - George Rawlinson

The following packages may require manual intervention due to the upgrade from 9.0 to 10.0:

  • aspnet-runtime
  • aspnet-targeting-pack
  • dotnet-runtime
  • dotnet-sdk
  • dotnet-source-built-artifacts
  • dotnet-targeting-pack

pacman may display the following error failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) for the affected packages.

If you are affected by this and require the 9.0 packages, the following commands will update e.g. aspnet-runtime to aspnet-runtime-9.0:

pacman -Syu aspnet-runtime-9.0

pacman -Rs aspnet-runtime

Arch Linux - News: .NET packages may require manual intervention

2025-11-10

mkinitcpio v40 disabled fallback image creation for new installs

mkinitcpio v40, packaging changes and kernel-install - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org
This is only affects new installs as we can’t change the hook files on existing installs.

To disable fallback image creation on older installed systems

  • Change PRESETS=('default' 'fallback') line to PRESETS=('default') in the respective .preset files in /etc/mkinitcpio.d/.
  • Regenerate initramfs - sudo mkinitcpio -P
  • Update boot loader - sudo update-grub

Warning
Disabling all fallback initramfs generation will deprive you of another option to boot into the system in case a default initramfs fails. Before proceeding, make sure you have a bootable installation medium for rescue purposes on hand.

2025-09-28

2025-09-27

Heads up: Gnome 49 is here and wayland is the default.

Previous testing threads:

I think this one also needs a manual re-fetch due to the title was originally incorrect.

The date of 2025.11.10 appears to be consisten with earlier Announcements > Testing Updates threads, apart from the .NET issue, but given that it’s a wiki post, someone may have added that there. :man_shrugging:

Ah, yupp, my bad, sorry- I somehow misread this post and at first idk why I thought it was about Stable, but now re-reading I realized its testing :face_with_hand_over_mouth:
Seems my long exhaustive work-shifts are starting to overwhelm me :face_with_bags_under_eyes: :sleeping_face:

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Exactly. And as it’s a wiki post anybody can edit it. I’ve taken the liberty to correct the dates/entries and hopefully prevent any more confusion.

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For that matter, the wiki post on the 2025.12.13 Announcements > Testing Updates thread was never filled in beyond the placeholder. :wink:

Only level 3 users can edit the wiki posts, luckily. Which is less than 50 people last time i checked.
Just saying.

The change was made for several reasons; not the least of which was the tendency of many newer, perhaps inexperienced users to alter Wiki articles based on their opinion, rather than verified fact.

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I don’t know how to deal with fortran.conf.pacnew…

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I fully agree with that change, believe me :smiling_face_with_horns:

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Seriously? I forgot it already :rofl:

It’s probably more important to understand the whole .pacnew thing overall:

Also, if you have snapshots you can just stupidly replace everything after a cursory view - OMG I don’t understand = just replace it anyway!

Then rewind a snapshot and fiix it if it breaks something :face_with_spiral_eyes:

With kernel 6.19.0rc1-1 wheel scrolling with my mouse (Logitech G502 X Lightspeed) is extremely slow. I first suspected the update of the KDE Frameworks being the cause, but with kernel 6.18.2-1 wheel scrolling works as expected.
Anyone else seeing this?

?!? so it doesn’t but works?

FYI I am experiencing that Timeshift vs. 25.12.1. does not (or not always) create a snapshot.

Stupid me - copy and paste error, sorry: wheel scrolling works fine for me with kernel 6.18.2-1.

Huh, that’s news to me.

I get that one.

Possibly irrelevant now, but I’ve populated it with content nonetheless.

Which part?

I’m guessing there are a few more than 50 TL3, but I haven’t needed to check (50 seems more like TL4, but that would be a guess too) – Wiki post editing is allowed for TL3 (and above) so I suppose we can safely say there are enough to handle it responsibly.

The tl3 requirement but ultimately the “less than 50 people” part. I always thought it would be way more but cannot say where that belief came from :man_shrugging:

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I have not checked for a while - currently 72 tl3 users.