arch-knowledge-patch

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Arch Linux Knowledge Patch

Claude's baseline knowledge covers Arch Linux through mid-2024, pacman 6.x. This skill provides breaking changes and major package transitions from late 2024 onwards.

Breaking Changes Quick Reference

Date Change Impact Details
2024-09 pacman 7.0 — alpm user Downloads run unprivileged; local repos need chown :alpm pacman-7
2025-04 Redis → Valkey redis removed from [extra]; use valkey-cli, valkey.service server-packages
2025-06 Wine WoW64 build Multilib no longer needed; existing 32-bit prefixes must be recreated desktop-graphics
2025-06 Plasma 6.4 Wayland-only X11 session removed by default; install plasma-x11-session first desktop-graphics
2025-06 linux-firmware split Vendor packages; NVIDIA symlink conflict requires pacman -Rdd workaround desktop-graphics
2025-08 Zabbix unified user Per-component users removed; all run as zabbix server-packages
2025-10 Dovecot 2.4 Configs incompatible with 2.3; service won't start until migrated server-packages
2025-12 .NET 10.0 default Unversioned packages jump to 10.0; install dotnet-sdk-9.0 to keep 9.0 server-packages
2025-12 NVIDIA 590 open modules Pascal (GTX 10xx) and older dropped; use nvidia-580xx-dkms from AUR desktop-graphics

pacman 7.0 (2024-09)

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