[arch-general] how to upgrade 2017 server ?

[Georg]

Am 11.01.20 um 03:57 schrieb Shadrock Uhuru via arch-general:
> i have a server that has not been booted since 2017,
> i tried upgrading with pacman -Syu,
> i have post the screen output at http://paste.openstack.org/show/788264/
> i thought adding Eli Schwartz' personal repository to  pacman.conf
> would have allowed the upgrade with his Binary builds of pacman-static.
> is my problem still to do with the xz to zstd change or something
> different ?
>
> shadrock
You can use the ALA [0] to update to a specific date.
Pick a date not too far before the first zst packages roll in, update 
(keyring first) and then you should be able to use the current mirrors.

[0] 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_Archive#How_to_restore_all_packages_to_a_specific_date