6 Nov
2015
6 Nov
'15
8:59 a.m.
Hi,
I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these programs handle long-term stasis, will things break horribly when I come back and run an update? Is there anything I can do to avoid it?
Best regards, Aron Widforss
Hi Aron, in addition to what the others say (i fully support): note, that arch does not support partial updates, while nowhere you'll find a maximum time between updates, that is supported. i have done the exact same this summer - experiencing no problems at all. i was away nearly two month. i didnt bother with several update steps as well… greetings