Warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf ‘SyncFirst’ in section ‘options’ not recognised

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@robin0800

Yes I do know why it’s there but why does pacman not know?

Are you sure?

Warning after pacman upgrade

Besides the very direct text in the error itself … This means you did not manage your pacnews. You can further investigate by, ie man pacman.conf where you will notice SyncFirst is not listed as a valid option. So the ‘answer’ is you should remove that option from your /etc/pacman.conf (and/or additional files in /etc/pacman.conf.d/) Which would have been apparent from /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew that would have been generated during the package upgrade. It would have been printed out during…