Arch

When upgrading Arch Linux, the typical command used is: 1pacman -Syu If you’re using AUR packages (for example, with yay), especially *-git versions that track bleeding-edge development, you may have noticed how long upgrades can take. These packages are often rebuilt from source every time you update, which can seriously slow down the process. Recently, I ran into this issue with the vlc-git package, which I installed to try out the upcoming VLC 4.0 release. The compile time was significant, and it made my usual system upgrades feel painfully slow. As the typical *-git packages also track development progress, these updates might even be frequent and can break the package. ...