Still keep packages on hold

[Lemon]

I have two packages causing trouble while updating and therefore still kept unupdated.
Should I still keep these old versions?

archlinux-appstream-data: pakket-upgrade (20191128-1 => 20200415-1) wordt genegeerd
xfce4-power-manager: pakket-upgrade (1.6.5-2 => 1.6.6-1) wordt genegeerd

[anon31549144]

What issues were you facing that kept you from updating in the first place?

I am using xfce and didn’t need to keep xfce-power-manager back. In fact I am running with the latest version installed.

archlinux-appstream-data seem to be pamac related. were you experiencing issues with pamac?

Anyway you can test for yourself: update those packages and if you experience issues you can revert back to them by installing the downgrade package from Arch Community Repo and using it to downgrade the packages to the versions you are currently using.

[manuel]

@Lemon
Updates exist for a reason.

I think you should update all.

If it doesn’t work with the latest packages, have you tried this pamac workaround: How to fix pamac-aur / pamac-aur-git empty list on start

[Lemon]

I know that I can update and see what will happen and that partial updates are not done.
I only thought that a fix for pamac was already around but I missed it somehow.

I don’t even recall why I downgraded the power manager…

I’ll take a look at the pamac fix, thanks.

Edit: found the problem with powermanager.

(Solved) Laptop screen goes black after shutting down Chromium

I seem to have a new issue. My laptop-screen is turning black when I shut down or minimize Chromium. The backlight remains active and I can get the screen back when I hit a key or move the mouse. Just like recovering from a sleeping screen. Disabling the powemanagement did not solve this problem. It looks like it only occurs when a webpage is active that uses flash.

But this seems to be solved now.