potential upstream intervention for linux-firmware 20250613.12fe085f-5

23 June 2025, 16:52:21

https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-2025061312fe085f-5-upgrade-requires-manual-intervention/ https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/linux-firmware/

Artix currently has 20250508.788aadc8-2 https://packages.artixlinux.org/packages/system/any/linux-firmware/

The question is will the same Nvidia symlink issue happen in Artix?

The archlinux post verbatim:

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With 20250613.12fe085f-5, we split our firmware into several vendor-focused packages. linux-firmware is now an empty package depending on our default set of firmware.

Unfortunately, this coincided with upstream reorganizing the symlink layout of the NVIDIA firmware, resulting in a situation that Pacman cannot handle. When attempting to upgrade from 20250508.788aadc8-2 or earlier, you will see the following errors:

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linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem

To progress with the system upgrade, first remove linux-firmware, then reinstall it as part of the upgrade:

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# pacman -Rdd linux-firmware
# pacman -Syu linux-firmware