• saoirse
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      12 days ago

      I think you’re misunderstanding what a partial upgrade is.

      A partial upgrade is where you update the database without then upgrading every package (calling pacman -Sy with the u switch).

      pacman -S, therefore, is not a partial upgrade, as the database is not updated with the y switch.

      See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported for more info.