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Rolling release means configs rot fast. Each article carries the pacman snapshot date so you can match the state.

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What was verified last

Sorted by publish date. Each entry shows the version tag tested against — if your environment differs, check the notes section.

pipe() vs splice(): what the man page omits

Pinned futures and the waker contract

mkinitcpio hooks: order matters more than the wiki says

Rust 1.77 — the docs describe Poll::Pending correctly but skip what happens when wake() fires before the executor re-polls. That gap causes real hangs.

Kernel 6.1 — splice() zero-copy path only activates under specific fd conditions. Chaining with tee() breaks the assumption most examples rely on.

Snapshot: 2024-03 — hook ordering with systemd preset collides silently with encrypt hook. Output looks correct until first cold boot after update.