Tried to switch from stable to testing and:
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing ppp (2.5.1-1) breaks dependency 'ppp=2.5.0' required by networkmanager-l2tp
:: installing ppp (2.5.1-1) breaks dependency 'ppp=2.5.0' required by networkmanager-pptp
… by what command exactly?
Mirrors updated as well?
What commands did you run to switch branches? The correct method is:
sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch testing
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syu
Used Switching Branches - Manjaro to switch branches.
So it looks like I did the same thing you have described. I did it again (right now) and still the same result.
Strange… When I try to install e.g. pamac install networkmanager-l2tp:
Preparing...
Warning: networkmanager-l2tp-1.20.16-1 is up to date -- skipping
Nothing to do.
Transaction successfully finished.
but the newest version from testing should be 1.20.16-2.
pacman-mirrors -G:
testing
Try refreshing your Pamac databases first:
pamac update --force-refresh
It worked like a charm! Thanks @scotty65 
Maybe this command (and additional information) should be included in the instruction?
Can --force-refresh be achieved by pure pacman? I’m asking because instruction consider only usage of pacman.
No. Pacman stores its databases in /var/lib/pacman/sync/ while Pamac stores them in /var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/. Pamac GUI refreshes the databases automatically when installing or updating software, however Pamac CLI doesn’t. So, if you haven’t recently installed something via Pamac GUI, trying to install something via Pamac CLI may result in errors due to outdated databases unless force-refresh is used.
Yes.
sudo pacman -Syyu
pamac update synchronises databases similar to pacman -yy option
$ pamac update
Preparing...
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.manjaro.pamac.commit ====
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
Synchronizing package databases...
Option --force-refresh also refreshes pamac /var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/ files
$ pamac update --force-refresh Preparing... ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.manjaro.pamac.commit ==== ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ==== Synchronizing package databases... Refreshing core.db... Refreshing extra.db... Refreshing multilib.db... Refreshing core.files... Refreshing extra.files... Refreshing multilib.files...
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