#+TITLE: Accepted: the stale-baked-archzfs-db ZFS install bug. Diagno
#+SOURCE: from archangel
#+DATE: 2026-06-25 12:48:41 -0400

Accepted: the stale-baked-archzfs-db ZFS install bug. Diagnosis confirmed against source — install_base (installer/archangel:759) appends [archzfs] at ~771 and runs pacstrap -K at 805 with no db refresh between, so pacstrap resolves zfs-dkms from the baked ISO db (2.3.3) instead of the current channel (2.4.2). Filed as archangel [#A] :bug:blocker: 'Refresh archzfs db before pacstrap in install_base', tagged :blocker: so it surfaces as priority work. Fix direction: pacman -Sy after the repo appends and before pacstrap -K. A fresh ISO rebuild still needed for aged ISOs, but the refresh is the durable fix. Will notify you when a fixed ISO is available so you can retry make test FS_PROFILE=zfs.