arch-knowledge-patch

# Arch Linux Knowledge Patch Baseline: Arch Linux through mid-2024 and pacman 6.x; covers changes through 2026-07-12, including pacman 7.1.0. ## Reference index | Reference | Topics | |---|---| | [Package management](references/package-management.md) | pacman 7.0.0 and 7.1.0 sandboxing and signatures, makepkg and PKGBUILD changes, repositories, repo-add, firmware packaging, package-source licensing | | [Service migrations](references/service-migrations.md) | OpenSSH and rsync interventions, Redis to Valkey, Zabbix accounts, Dovecot 2.4, nft-backed iptables, Kea ownership, Vinyl Cache | | [Runtime and desktop transitions](references/runtime-and-desktop-transitions.md) | glibc and Discord, Wine WoW64, Plasma X11, Waydroid, .NET 10, NVIDIA 590 | | [Operations and security](references/operations-and-security.md) | Arch service outage fallbacks, AUR package auditing | ## Use this patch 1. Read the package-management reference before changing `pacman.conf`, maintaining PKGBUILDs, running private repositories, or automating pacman 7.0.0 or 7.1.0. 2. Check the intervention tables before a full system upgrade, especially on remote hosts, servers, and graphical workstations. 3. Read the relevant migration reference before accepting renamed packages, accounts, directories, units, or configuration formats. 4. Review `.pacnew` and `.pacsave` files instead of assuming package upgrades preserve local configuration. 5. Perform Arch upgrades as full upgrades; do not turn an intervention ...