I used pamac throughout the week just to check what updates were coming out, (I know you can also use checkupdates as well to do the same thing) and typically Friday is when I like to update my system (I’ll do daily updates for packages I know won’t break my system). So I updated my system today via sudo pacman -Syu and everything went smoothly. I knew I had 3 AUR packages to update thanks to Pamac, so I ran yay and updated only 2 AUR packages oddly enough. I’ve updated my mirrors via the Welcome app and I’ve used Pamac’s ‘Refresh Databases’ option so I know I’m up to date.
My problem now is Pamac is showing I have one AUR update (popsicle-git), but yay says I’m fully up to date and there’s nothing to do.However, even though I’m fully up to date, Pamac thinks I’m not, but yay thinks I am. I’m a bit confused at the moment, but this is not a big issue, just curious if perhaps I need to file a bug somewhere or not. I’m not sure who could be at fault here, but curious to know if anyone has ever come across this issue before?
Below are screenshots showing Pamac says I have an update, but yay thinks I’m all up to date. Odd isn’t it?
I experienced the same problem as @Scotty_Trees.
After enabling --devel in yay I still have the problem that AUR packages with git in their name will not be updated by yay. I have to use pamac for those.
Any hints?
Yup, Pamac-aur checks for developmental packages, since perhaps it was you or someone else mentioned that I should enable that in Pamac if I ever have any git pacakges installed so they do get updated. I guess there is more I need to learn with yay I see!
That certainly sounds strange - I have often installed -git with yay, without trouble. The --devel, AFAIK is for more reliable detection on updates on those packages…
I tried the solution from the dev saying to use yay -Y --gendb so there is a cache in yay on my system to compare any new git updates to, but unfortunately, when I run yay -Syu --devel it still shows up as there are no updates. Terminal out below for reference. Still working to solve this.
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ yay -Y --gendb
:: Querying AUR...
-> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: bitwarden minecraft-launcher
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/31): gwe
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (2/31): python-py3nvml
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (3/31): optimus-manager-qt
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (4/31): pamac-aur
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (5/31): libopenmpt
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (6/31): pika-backup
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (7/31): optimus-manager
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (8/31): python-injector
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (9/31): python-pysdl2
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (10/31): libpamac-aur
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (11/31): ttf-ms-fonts
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (12/31): yaru-colors-gtk-theme
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (13/31): tauon-music-box
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (14/31): yaru (yaru-gnome-shell-theme yaru-gtk-theme yaru-gtksourceview-theme yaru-icon-theme yaru-metacity-theme yaru-session yaru-sound-theme)
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (15/31): python-pylyrics
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (16/31): gdm-prime (gdm-prime libgdm-prime)
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (17/31): chrome-gnome-shell
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (18/31): python-stagger
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (19/31): python-hsaudiotag3k
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (20/31): python-isounidecode
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (21/31): timeshift
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (22/31): nvm
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (23/31): popsicle-git
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (24/31): python-pulsectl
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (25/31): spotify
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (26/31): bitwarden
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (27/31): humanity-icon-theme
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (28/31): papirus-folders
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (29/31): minecraft-launcher
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (30/31): archlinux-appstream-data-pamac
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (31/31): ttf-roboto-slab
:: (1/31) Parsing SRCINFO: gdm-prime (gdm-prime libgdm-prime)
:: (2/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-hsaudiotag3k
:: (3/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pulsectl
:: (4/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-stagger
:: (5/31) Parsing SRCINFO: chrome-gnome-shell
:: (6/31) Parsing SRCINFO: pamac-aur
:: (7/31) Parsing SRCINFO: tauon-music-box
:: (8/31) Parsing SRCINFO: libpamac-aur
:: (9/31) Parsing SRCINFO: popsicle-git
:: (10/31) Parsing SRCINFO: ttf-ms-fonts
:: (11/31) Parsing SRCINFO: yaru-colors-gtk-theme
:: (12/31) Parsing SRCINFO: nvm
:: (13/31) Parsing SRCINFO: libopenmpt
:: (14/31) Parsing SRCINFO: pika-backup
:: (15/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pylyrics
:: (16/31) Parsing SRCINFO: spotify
:: (17/31) Parsing SRCINFO: yaru (yaru-gnome-shell-theme yaru-gtk-theme yaru-gtksourceview-theme yaru-icon-theme yaru-metacity-theme yaru-session yaru-sound-theme)
:: (18/31) Parsing SRCINFO: gwe
:: (19/31) Parsing SRCINFO: optimus-manager
:: (20/31) Parsing SRCINFO: optimus-manager-qt
:: (21/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-py3nvml
:: (22/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pysdl2
:: (23/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-injector
:: (24/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-isounidecode
:: (25/31) Parsing SRCINFO: timeshift
:: (26/31) Parsing SRCINFO: archlinux-appstream-data-pamac
:: (27/31) Parsing SRCINFO: bitwarden
:: (28/31) Parsing SRCINFO: humanity-icon-theme
:: (29/31) Parsing SRCINFO: minecraft-launcher
:: (30/31) Parsing SRCINFO: papirus-folders
:: (31/31) Parsing SRCINFO: ttf-roboto-slab
-> Found git repo: github.com/pop-os/popsicle.git
:: GenDB finished. No packages were installed
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ yay -Syu --devel
[sudo] password for scott:
:: 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...
there is nothing to do
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Checking development packages...
-> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: bitwarden minecraft-launcher
there is nothing to do
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$
Just for curiosity - have you tried it as yay --devel ? yay on its own should default to doing whatever updates it finds… starting with the repos. Another variant is yay -Sua which limits it to AUR updates (which is what I use because the main updates are already handled by pacman).
Oddly enough yay --devel produces no output or messages and yay -Sua says everything is up to date. Hmmmm, interesting no?
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ yay --devel
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ yay -Sua
:: Searching AUR for updates...
-> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: bitwarden minecraft-launcher
there is nothing to do
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$
Edit: I haven’t tinkered a whole lot with yay yet, outside of installing AUR packages, so so far this is a good learning experience, even if things aren’t going well
I think the problem is that you guys are using both yay and pamac to update your AUR packages. yay keeps it’s own database and that is getting out of sync.
Ahhh well you got me on that one, I’m not sure how to find that out or verify that exactly. All I know is what --gendb output gave me from before, but I haven’t a clue how to answer you. I’ll have to look that up as well if I can.
--gendb gave me this output from before btw:
[scott@endeavourOS ~]$ yay -Y --gendb
:: Querying AUR...
-> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: bitwarden minecraft-launcher
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/31): gwe
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (2/31): python-py3nvml
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (3/31): optimus-manager-qt
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (4/31): pamac-aur
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (5/31): libopenmpt
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (6/31): pika-backup
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (7/31): optimus-manager
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (8/31): python-injector
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (9/31): python-pysdl2
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (10/31): libpamac-aur
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (11/31): ttf-ms-fonts
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (12/31): yaru-colors-gtk-theme
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (13/31): tauon-music-box
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (14/31): yaru (yaru-gnome-shell-theme yaru-gtk-theme yaru-gtksourceview-theme yaru-icon-theme yaru-metacity-theme yaru-session yaru-sound-theme)
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (15/31): python-pylyrics
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (16/31): gdm-prime (gdm-prime libgdm-prime)
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (17/31): chrome-gnome-shell
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (18/31): python-stagger
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (19/31): python-hsaudiotag3k
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (20/31): python-isounidecode
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (21/31): timeshift
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (22/31): nvm
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (23/31): popsicle-git
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (24/31): python-pulsectl
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (25/31): spotify
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (26/31): bitwarden
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (27/31): humanity-icon-theme
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (28/31): papirus-folders
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (29/31): minecraft-launcher
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (30/31): archlinux-appstream-data-pamac
:: Downloaded PKGBUILD (31/31): ttf-roboto-slab
:: (1/31) Parsing SRCINFO: gdm-prime (gdm-prime libgdm-prime)
:: (2/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-hsaudiotag3k
:: (3/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pulsectl
:: (4/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-stagger
:: (5/31) Parsing SRCINFO: chrome-gnome-shell
:: (6/31) Parsing SRCINFO: pamac-aur
:: (7/31) Parsing SRCINFO: tauon-music-box
:: (8/31) Parsing SRCINFO: libpamac-aur
:: (9/31) Parsing SRCINFO: popsicle-git
:: (10/31) Parsing SRCINFO: ttf-ms-fonts
:: (11/31) Parsing SRCINFO: yaru-colors-gtk-theme
:: (12/31) Parsing SRCINFO: nvm
:: (13/31) Parsing SRCINFO: libopenmpt
:: (14/31) Parsing SRCINFO: pika-backup
:: (15/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pylyrics
:: (16/31) Parsing SRCINFO: spotify
:: (17/31) Parsing SRCINFO: yaru (yaru-gnome-shell-theme yaru-gtk-theme yaru-gtksourceview-theme yaru-icon-theme yaru-metacity-theme yaru-session yaru-sound-theme)
:: (18/31) Parsing SRCINFO: gwe
:: (19/31) Parsing SRCINFO: optimus-manager
:: (20/31) Parsing SRCINFO: optimus-manager-qt
:: (21/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-py3nvml
:: (22/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-pysdl2
:: (23/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-injector
:: (24/31) Parsing SRCINFO: python-isounidecode
:: (25/31) Parsing SRCINFO: timeshift
:: (26/31) Parsing SRCINFO: archlinux-appstream-data-pamac
:: (27/31) Parsing SRCINFO: bitwarden
:: (28/31) Parsing SRCINFO: humanity-icon-theme
:: (29/31) Parsing SRCINFO: minecraft-launcher
:: (30/31) Parsing SRCINFO: papirus-folders
:: (31/31) Parsing SRCINFO: ttf-roboto-slab
-> Found git repo: github.com/pop-os/popsicle.git
:: GenDB finished. No packages were installed
Looks like I’m not the Arch expert I’d like to be! Still haven’t managed to figure this out, so I went ahead and posted a bug report for yay on their github page. The developer is still very active, so I’ll just be patient and wait for them to respond to see what they may be able to offer into this issue. If anyone is curious to track the issue, it’s over here: https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/1593
Your solution may have to wait!