Kernel isn’t updating / python dependencies?

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Three days ago, Screenfetch (Which kind of hardware do you use with EndeavourOS?) said …
… OS: Arch Linux
… Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.4.4-arch1-1
This is not the current status.

Is it possible that this is related to certain dependencies associated with Python? There is already a thread (Conflict python2-pyqt5 etc. during update) that I have read about this. But every case is different. And as a Linux beginner I don’t want to destroy my working EOS by rashly configuring or deleting something. Here the messages after the last pacman -Syu:

[ws@endeavouros ~]$ pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for ws: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 endeavouros is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: python-pyqt5 and pyqt5-common are in conflict. Remove pyqt5-common? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing xorgproto (2019.2-2) breaks dependency 'xf86dgaproto' required by libxxf86dga
[ws@endeavouros ~]$

Thanks

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This looks exactly like an issue back in December. How long ago did you do an update? This should have been resolved.

Please see this instruction from Arch in december:
https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-cleanup-requires-manual-intervention/

Please follow the instructions precisely.

Also here is some more info from these very forums:

edit: bottom link corrected. Sorry.

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we can understand that on tested pcs, we can have update delays, but on pcs that you use every day, you have to update and consult https://www.archlinux.org/

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Yeah, that’s it! Hello @Beardedgeek72 and thanks! It’s really a great community here. Even as a beginner you always get good advice.

The update took more than half an hour. But now my kernel is hopefully up to date (x86_64 Linux 5.4.15-arch1-1).

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he is up to dateit’s up to date, i’m on linux since 2017

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Glad to help! Oh and please update your system at least every two weeks; you might (might, mind you) run into issues if you wait too long (plus as you saw, two months worth of updates can take some time, it’s basically a brand new installation at that point). On the other hand there is no need to update every day, either if you don’t feel like it. Find a schedule that works for you, and keep an eye out for updates you really want (say you are waiting for a new feature in your desktop of choice, like when Xfce 4.14 was released or Gnome 3.34).

Edit: here is a small tip for you:
Arch does not clean out old replaced packages automatically, it keeps them indefinitely or until you clean out the cache yourself. A good idea is to run the command

sudo paccache -r

Now and then; it cleans out the cache of old replaced packages except the latest three copies, for backup reasons. OR you could just get into habit of combining the two commands:

sudo pacman -Syu && paccache -r

when you make an update.

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