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refi64 / syyu.md
Created May 3, 2019 18:13 — forked from Brottweiler/syyu.md
pacman -Syyu vs. pacman -Syu

pacman -Syu

  • User: Hey server do you have any new packages or updates or changes at all
  • Server: no
  • User: Ok bye

pacman -Syyu

  • User: hey server do you have any new packages or updates at all
  • Server: no
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refi64 / SOS.md
Created May 3, 2019 18:10 — forked from vodik/SOS.md
_Never_ -Sy when installing!

Once upon a time there was a user that wanted to install firefox.

The user tried to do pacman -S firefox but it didn't work. The all mighty pacman reported that firefox-3.2.4-1.i686.pkg.tar.gz could not be found on his mirror. So the user tried pacman -Sy firefox. It worked and the user rejoiced since he could once again go and troll /h/.

But all was not good. The user had made a grave error!

See, when the user told the almighty pacman to -Sy firefox, pacman did