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Description
I am running Arch Linux under a bootc environment. One of the changes that has to be made for Arch Linux to fully work under this environment is to change the DBPath CacheDir and LogFile arguments in /etc/pacman.conf, since /var is meant to be writable unlike /.
When the value of DBPath in /etc/pacman.conf is changed, fastfetch does not check the new directory for the package count. It instead checks the hardcoded value /var/lib/pacman.
Version used
fastfetch 2.55.1 (x86_64)
Bug prevalence
Always
Regression
No
Installation
Package manager
Package manager
pacman
Screenshots
Configuration
System information
Features built-in
threads
vulkan
wayland
xcb-randr
xrandr
drm
drm_amdgpu
gio
dconf
dbus
imagemagick7
chafa
zlib
sqlite3
opencl
libpulse
libddcutil
libelf
libzfs
Directx Headers
System yyjson
linux/videodev2
linux/wireless
Read the FAQ first
Description
I am running Arch Linux under a bootc environment. One of the changes that has to be made for Arch Linux to fully work under this environment is to change the
DBPathCacheDirandLogFilearguments in/etc/pacman.conf, since/varis meant to be writable unlike/.When the value of
DBPathin/etc/pacman.confis changed, fastfetch does not check the new directory for the package count. It instead checks the hardcoded value/var/lib/pacman.Version used
fastfetch 2.55.1 (x86_64)
Bug prevalence
Always
Regression
No
Installation
Package manager
Package manager
pacman
Screenshots
Configuration
System information
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