Thank you for your response! I have amended the mirrorlist several times to try out and also the conf(amended the xfer several times depending on what pops up).The /etc/pacman.conf and debug details as follows:
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o %o %u --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u --retry 5 --retry-max-time 30 --connect-timeout 10 -v
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 7
ILoveCandy
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Artix Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate artix`.
#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#
# The gremlins repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[system-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[system]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[world-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[world]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[galaxy-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[galaxy]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the lib32 repositories as required here.
#[lib32-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[lib32]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
debug: pacman v7.0.0 - libalpm v15.0.0
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: xfercommand: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o %o %u --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
debug: config: Architecture: auto
debug: config: arch: x86_64
debug: config: verbosepkglists
debug: config: chomp
debug: config: SigLevel: Required
debug: config: SigLevel: DatabaseOptional
debug: config: LocalFileSigLevel: Optional
debug: config: new section 'system'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 79: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'world'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 85: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'galaxy'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 91: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: setup_libalpm called
debug: option 'logfile' = /var/log/pacman.log
debug: option 'gpgdir' = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
debug: option 'hookdir' = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: registering sync database 'system'
debug: database path for tree system set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
debug: setting usage of 15 for system repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirror.freedif.org/Artix/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirror.albony.in/artix/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirror.funami.tech/artix/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/artixlinux/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': http://mirrors.redcorelinux.org/artixlinux/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://artix.kurdy.org/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://mirror.group.one/artix/system/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'system': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/system/os/x86_64
debug: registering sync database 'world'
debug: database path for tree world set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
debug: setting usage of 15 for world repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirror.freedif.org/Artix/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirror.albony.in/artix/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirror.funami.tech/artix/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/artixlinux/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': http://mirrors.redcorelinux.org/artixlinux/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://artix.kurdy.org/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://mirror.group.one/artix/world/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'world': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/world/os/x86_64
debug: registering sync database 'galaxy'
debug: database path for tree galaxy set to /var/lib/pacman/sync/galaxy.db
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/galaxy.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/galaxy.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
debug: setting usage of 15 for galaxy repository
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirror.freedif.org/Artix/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirror.albony.in/artix/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirror.funami.tech/artix/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/artixlinux/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': http://mirrors.redcorelinux.org/artixlinux/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://artix.kurdy.org/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://mirror.group.one/artix/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'galaxy': https://ftp.crifo.org/artix/repos/galaxy/os/x86_64
debug: option 'sandboxuser' = (null)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/system.db.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/system/os/x86_64/system.db --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
100 263k 100 263k 0 0 1971k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1981k
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/system.db.sig.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/system/os/x86_64/system.db.sig --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
error: could not rename /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/system.db.sig.part to /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/system.db.sig (No such file or directory)
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/world.db.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/world/os/x86_64/world.db --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
42 5334k 42 2270k 0 0 4314k 0 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0:00:01 4309k
100 5334k 100 5334k 0 0 4893k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 4893k
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/world.db.sig.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/world/os/x86_64/world.db.sig --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
error: could not rename /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/world.db.sig.part to /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/world.db.sig (No such file or directory)
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/galaxy.db.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/galaxy/os/x86_64/galaxy.db --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
100 901k 100 901k 0 0 3128k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3131k
debug: running command: /usr/bin/curl -4 -L -C - -f -o /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/galaxy.db.sig.part https://mirrors.aliyun.com/artixlinux/galaxy/os/x86_64/galaxy.db.sig --connect-timeout 20 --retry 3 --retry-max-time 60
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
error: could not rename /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/galaxy.db.sig.part to /var/lib/pacman/sync/download-JIRdMJ/galaxy.db.sig (No such file or directory)
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
debug: "/var/lib/pacman/sync/galaxy.db.sig" is not readable: No such file or directory
debug: sig path /var/lib/pacman/sync/galaxy.db.sig could not be opened
debug: got error 43 at _alpm_gpgme_checksig (../lib/libalpm/signing.c: 599) : missing PGP signature
debug: missing optional signature
:: Starting full system upgrade...
debug: checking for package upgrades
debug: loading package cache for repository 'local'
debug: added 864 packages to package cache for db 'local'
debug: searching for replacements for a52dec in system
debug: loading package cache for repository 'system'
debug: opening archive /var/lib/pacman/sync/system.db
debug: added 347 packages to package cache for db 'system'
debug: searching for replacements for a52dec in world
debug: loading package cache for repository 'world'
debug: opening archive /var/lib/pacman/sync/world.db
---parts deleted to meet max char limits set on the forum---
debug: searching for replacements for yay-bin in galaxy
debug: searching for replacements for yt-dlp in system
debug: searching for replacements for yt-dlp in world
debug: searching for replacements for yyjson in system
debug: searching for replacements for yyjson in world
debug: searching for replacements for yyjson in galaxy
debug: searching for replacements for zbar in system
debug: searching for replacements for zbar in world
debug: searching for replacements for zenity in system
debug: searching for replacements for zenity in world
debug: searching for replacements for zeromq in system
debug: searching for replacements for zeromq in world
debug: searching for replacements for zim-git in system
debug: searching for replacements for zim-git in world
debug: searching for replacements for zim-git in galaxy
debug: searching for replacements for zimg in system
debug: searching for replacements for zimg in world
debug: searching for replacements for zix in system
debug: searching for replacements for zix in world
debug: searching for replacements for zlib in system
debug: searching for replacements for zlib-ng in system
debug: searching for replacements for zlib-ng in world
debug: searching for replacements for zramen in system
debug: searching for replacements for zramen in world
debug: searching for replacements for zramen in galaxy
debug: searching for replacements for zsh in system
debug: searching for replacements for zsh in world
debug: searching for replacements for zstd in system
debug: searching for replacements for zvbi in system
debug: searching for replacements for zvbi in world
debug: searching for replacements for zxing-cpp in system
debug: searching for replacements for zxing-cpp in world
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'system'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'system'
debug: unregistering database 'world'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'world'
debug: unregistering database 'galaxy'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'galaxy'
there is nothing to do