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From: joborun linux <joborun@disroot.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 01:07:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] create pacman,md

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+### [[Back to the top joborun wiki page|index.md]] ###
+
+
+## How to keep a current and functional pacman.conf and mirrors ##
+
+If you have let upgrades go for a while and attempting to upgrade fails (most commonly change in mirrors/host for packages and database) make sure you understand how and where to get the latest: (our source repository)
+
+[[pacman.conf|https://git.disroot.org/joborun-pkg/jobcore/src/branch/main/pacman/pacman.conf]]
+
+Compare with what you have or if you have never edited your own, just copy this file in /etc/
+
+This will have the top three repositories jobcore jobextra jobcomm in this fashion
+
+
+<pre>
+[jobcore]
+#Server = file:///var/cache/jobcore/
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-jobo
+
+[jobextra]
+#Server = file:///var/cache/jobextra/
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-jobo
+
+[jobcomm]
+#Server = file:///var/cache/jobcomm/
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-jobo
+</pre>
+
+The mirrorlist-jobo file can always be found on the source repository as well:
+
+[[mirrolist-jobo|https://git.disroot.org/joborun-pkg/jobcore/src/branch/main/jobo-mirror/mirrorlist-jobo]]
+
+which should be placed in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-jobo
+
+and currently (hopefully for a long time from July 2023) can be as simple as:
+
+<pre>
+##### Start Sourceforge mirrors #####
+# Sourceforge 1
+Server = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/joborun/r
+</pre>
+
+Next, to make sure you are up to date, as root, execute:
+
+<pre>
+pacman -Syy pacman jobo-mirror
+</pre>
+
+Carefully read the output of this command, run the current script that solves the problem SourceForge is creating by unable to serve filenames with a : in the middle of the name (Microsoftish filesystem that can't handle such characters ).
+
+After this is done, from then on do a classic upgrade by executing:
+
+<pre>
+pacman -Su
+</pre>
+
+If you have further issues either send us email (web site contact joborun @ disroot org) or better, so other users can benefit, place a comment or article in reddit.com/r/joborun
+
+
+