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ferreol

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why a so hudge archlinux update today ?

Hi,
346 package updates for me in less than 24 hours!
Could someone explain why?

mpan

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Re: why a so hudge archlinux update today ?

Hello. Without you telling us, what packages were updated, how could we know?

But it’s likely due to Python 3.14 hitting the repos. Alternatively a Haskell-related update, but that would be a week ago and you’d notice them earlier too.

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ferreol

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From: France

Registered: 2024-08-10

Posts: 5

Re: why a so hudge archlinux update today ?

Hello. Without you telling us, what packages were updated, how could we know?

But it’s likely due to Python 3.14 hitting the repos. Alternatively a Haskell-related update, but that would be a week ago and you’d notice them earlier too.

Thanks, “Python 3.14” is the correct answer.
But I'm impressed by the number of packages affected in my configuration.

mpan

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Re: why a so hudge archlinux update today ?

That is because Python code is versioned:

pacman -F /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/

(make sure files database is up-to-date, with `pacman -Fy`)

When minor Python version gets a bump, they need to be relocated to the correct directory. This applies not only to python-* packages, but also these which either use Python internally or expose API through Python modules.

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