@demm Your idea worked))
I switched to the default Princeton mirror, which has been infuriatingly slow since Feb '20
sudo pacman -Syy
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.math.princeton.edu : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
core 50.4 KiB 61.5 KiB/s 00:01 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
main 187.9 KiB 5.50 KiB/s 00:34 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
apps 186.4 KiB 8.13 KiB/s 00:23 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
~ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
main is up to date
apps is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (21) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
main/dav1d 0.6.0-1 0.7.0-1 0.02 MiB
main/ffmpeg 4.2.2-6 4.2.3-1 0.00 MiB
main/freetds 1.1.39-1 1.1.40-1 0.00 MiB
main/gdb 9.1-3 9.2-1 0.00 MiB
main/geoip-database 20181009-1 20200524-1 0.12 MiB
core/glib2 2.64.2-1 2.64.3-1 0.02 MiB
main/imagemagick 6.9.11.13-1 6.9.11.14-1 0.00 MiB
main/iso-codes 4.4-1 4.5.0-1 0.17 MiB
core/krb5 1.18.1-1 1.18.2-1 0.00 MiB 1.31 MiB
main/lame 3.100-1 3.100-2 -0.04 MiB
main/libblockdev 2.23-1 2.24-1 0.12 MiB
main/libexif 0.6.21-5 0.6.22-1 0.49 MiB
main/libnice 0.1.16-3 0.1.17-1 0.02 MiB
apps/micro 2.0.3-1 2.0.4-1 0.03 MiB
main/mpv 0.32.0-2 0.32.0-3 0.00 MiB
main/python2-six 1.14.0-1 1.15.0-1 0.00 MiB
main/python3-cython 0.29.17-1 0.29.19-1 -0.15 MiB
main/python3-six 1.14.0-1 1.15.0-1 0.00 MiB
core/util-linux 2.35.1-2 2.35.2-1 0.02 MiB
main/v4l-utils 1.18.1-1 1.20.0-1 0.12 MiB
core/zstd 1.4.4-1 1.4.5-1 -0.07 MiB
Total Download Size: 1.31 MiB
Total Installed Size: 150.94 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.89 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
krb5-1.18.2-1-x86_64 1338.5 KiB 5.68 KiB/s 03:56 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) checking keys in keyring [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) checking package integrity [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) loading package files [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) checking for file conflicts [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) checking available disk space [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/21) upgrading dav1d [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 2/21) upgrading lame [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 3/21) upgrading glib2 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 4/21) upgrading util-linux [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 5/21) upgrading zstd [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 6/21) upgrading v4l-utils [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 7/21) upgrading ffmpeg [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 8/21) upgrading freetds [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
( 9/21) upgrading gdb [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(10/21) upgrading geoip-database [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(11/21) upgrading krb5 [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(12/21) upgrading imagemagick [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(13/21) upgrading iso-codes [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(14/21) upgrading python3-six [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(15/21) upgrading libblockdev [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(16/21) upgrading libexif [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(17/21) upgrading libnice [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(18/21) upgrading micro [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(19/21) upgrading mpv [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(20/21) upgrading python2-six [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(21/21) upgrading python3-cython [--------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Updating icon theme caches...
(2/4) Creating temporary files...
(3/4) Updating the info directory file...
(4/4) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
Thanks!