i have a system that has not been updated for a while (probably a few months). I’m not able to update using pacman -Syu.
I tried updating the mirrors, as suggested in these 2 forum posts:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/pacman-error-failed-retrieving-file-core-db-from-mirrors-piconets-webwerks-in/111695
and
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/unable-to-perform-system-updates/116686
Searching the forums, I tried to update the mirror list:
[jlb@gilgamesh ~]$ sudo pacman-mirrors -f5
[sudo] password for jlb:
::INFO Downloading mirrors from Manjaro
::INFO => Mirror pool: https://repo.manjaro.org/mirrors.json
::INFO => Mirror status: https://repo.manjaro.org/status.json
::INFO Using custom mirror file
::INFO Querying mirrors - This may take some time
..... United_States : https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/
..... United_States : https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/
..... United_States : https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/
..... United_States : https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/
..... United_States : https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/
::INFO Writing mirror list
::United_States : https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
::United_States : https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
::United_States : https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
::United_States : https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
::United_States : https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
::INFO Mirror list generated and saved to: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
which looks like it indeed updated the list, but still get the error when trying to update the system:
[jlb@gilgamesh ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from forksystems.mm.fcix.net : Resolving timed out after 10001 milliseconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from repo.ialab.dsu.edu : Resolving timed out after 10001 milliseconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from opencolo.mm.fcix.net : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirrors.sonic.net : Resolving timed out after 10001 milliseconds
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ask4.mm.fcix.net : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Jerry