2-3 years ago, an update to GRUB completely fucked the bootloader on Arch systems. I remember it well because it was the only time I was thankful for choosing Manjaro (which receives updates on a delayed schedule).
Upgrading on arch involves looking at the arch news. And IIRC, there was also a warning for some time when upgrading grub. So, assuming people who use arch, btw, use it properly, I don’t see the issue.
2-3 years ago, an update to GRUB completely fucked the bootloader on Arch systems. I remember it well because it was the only time I was thankful for choosing Manjaro (which receives updates on a delayed schedule).
(edit) Found it! https://archlinux.org/news/grub-bootloader-upgrade-and-configuration-incompatibilities/ A breaking change in the GRUB configuration caused systems to become unbootable. Manual intervention was required to regenerate the config files (I think it was supposed to be handled by a pacman hook but can’t be sure).
Upgrading on arch involves looking at the arch news. And IIRC, there was also a warning for some time when upgrading grub. So, assuming people who use arch, btw, use it properly, I don’t see the issue.