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There’s a lot of good info on pacnew files in this thread:

Trying to understand .pacnew files

Hi all, I’m trying to make myself prepared and capable for dealing with .pacnew files when the need arises. This is the understanding I got from googling: I can use vimdiff to merge the two configuration files eg. vimdiff /etc/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew Then apply changes to the old config file: a. add stuff to old which has been added to .pacnew, b. delete stuff from old which isn’t present in .pacnew, modify stuff in old which has been modified in .pacnew` I have three ques…

Plus, refer to the Arch Wiki link listed above in post #39.

You can also check post #42 to see how I handle mirrorlist.pacnew files.