Artix Linux 2022-08-02 08:22

Actually good, it makes sure that new packages that have new features can be installed… if you tried to install those new packages using an old rpm verison it would fail.

That is why upgrading from old versions of pacman to new versions will fail… they add new functionality to pacman, then they add that new functionality to a ton of packages… and since you didn’t upgrade for over a year and then now try it, your whole system ends up broken.

You are expected to upgrade in small increments constantly, large upgrades are not supported nor tested in Arch/Artix.

this is why the package manager should be compiled statically

Real linuxers just never upgrade after installation 😎

It is absolutely unrelated

the real linuxers never upgrade

by: SLS user

you are laughing but i know someone who mains windows 7 last updated 2014

Oof

Some industrial stuff still run on Windows XP so xD

no, because then you can take a 2 year old installation, update the pm first, and then all the packages without rendering the pm unstartable

ask armenia, they have like 52% windows xp machines in the country

Which would be the same as updating your package manager before you upgrade the rest of your system… congratulations, you solved the same problem rpm and xbps already solved.👍🏻

even with linux environments this happen

many computers has RHEL 6 for example

except that the new pm wants a newer glibc and then refuses to start

Debian oldoldstable moment

Nope, the new version is still compiled against current libs.

Fair but it would also require a lot more packaging work

And then when you do a dist upgrade it switches between the 2 compatible libs.

Yeah but if it is statically linked it will work

Not needed. All packages in Fedora are compiled for their version of the distro, no shared packages.

That is why packages have the extension 35, 36, etc.

Which match the distro release version.

i love static compiling

Unlike debian and ubuntu which share the same package between major releases…. even though libs have changed…

Fedora actually recompile 100% of their packages for each new version. They don’t reuse packages from the previous version.

This ensures that all libs are compatible.👍🏻

meanwhile, nix:
insert that one spongebob office image

not this one😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Iui1p1UTA

the one where the office is on fire

this one?