diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/makepkg.conf b/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/makepkg.conf
index e1150c7a1..d8bf59e39 100644
--- a/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/makepkg.conf
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/makepkg.conf
@@ -37,14 +37,16 @@ CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
 
 #-- Compiler and Linker Flags
 CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt"
+CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now"
+#RUSTFLAGS="-C opt-level=2"
 #-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
 #MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
 #-- Debugging flags
 DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
 DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+#DEBUG_RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=2"
 
 #########################################################################
 # BUILD ENVIRONMENT
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
 #
 OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !debug)
 
-#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
+#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, b2
 INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
 #-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
 STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
@@ -130,16 +132,16 @@ DBGSRCDIR="/usr/src/debug"
 COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
 COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
 COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
+COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -z -q -)
 COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
 COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
 COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
+COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 -q)
+COMPRESSLZ=(lzip -c -f)
 
 #########################################################################
 # EXTENSION DEFAULTS
 #########################################################################
 #
-# WARNING: Do NOT modify these variables unless you know what you are
-#          doing.
-#
-PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
+PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.zst'
 SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/pacman.conf b/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/pacman.conf
index f43fe3972..0a0423887 100644
--- a/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/pacman.conf
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/pacman/etc/pacman.conf
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 #CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
 #LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
 #GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
+#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
 HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
-#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
+#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
 #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
 #CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
-#UseDelta    = 0.7
 Architecture = auto
 
 # Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup