Keep your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist up to date!

I usually update my server weekly and usually get about 2-10 updates.

However for the last few weeks I haven't been getting any updates at all.

I ignored this for a while but then it became a bit concerning.

After a bit of thinking I realised exactly what was wrong. The repos I was using were no longer being updated.

When pacman gets an update for itself it often says that /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist has been installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew,(probably to conserve your current server choice) but me being lazy, I had just left it that way.

I quickly typed:

bash$ sudo rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
bash$ sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

then selected the repos I got the best ping from, and uncommented them.

Ran

bash$ sudo pacman -Suy

Got about 35 updates and felt a bit foolish. At least thats one mistake I won't make again.