Using pacman to update just one repo

moskvax · 2005-09-04 02:43:00

I frequently use ABS, and as I understand it after you make a new package in /var/abs/local, you have to run gensync to update your local repository, then sync pacman with it. I tell pacman to use wget for file transfers, and I have a lot of unofficial repositories in my pacman.conf, so every time I run pacman -Sy, it takes it a few minutes to sync with all the repositories, but often I only want to update my local one. Is there any way to do this with pacman right now?

edit: if you wonder why I don't just control+c out of it after it syncs local, it's because I use wget as my download agent, and after you kill one wget it goes and tries the next repository mirror, so you're holding it down for ~10 seconds before it cancels everything. And it looks messy

jftaylor21 · 2005-09-22 20:30:46

It might not be the best way, but you could make a script that uses a different pacman.conf that just contains your local repo. Maybe something along the lines of this:

#! /bin/bash
mv /etc/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.temp
cp /etc/pacman.conf.local /etc/pacman.conf
pacman -Sy
cp /etc/pacman.temp /etc/pacman.conf

cactus · 2005-09-22 21:15:37

sudo pacman -Sy --config /etc/pacman.d/extra

the nice thing about having each repo in a seperate include file like the default setup is...you can easily do the above.

rock on pacman!

phrakture · 2005-09-22 21:47:11

cactus wrote:

sudo pacman -Sy --config /etc/pacman.d/extra
the nice thing about having each repo in a seperate include file like the default setup is...you can easily do the above.
rock on pacman!

cactus for the win!

I never knew that... even though I'd rarely use it, that's awesome. Thanks.

cactus · 2005-09-22 23:02:16

just be careful. i only do -Sy with a --config /etc/pacman.d/repo, then use pacman -S blah without the specificity

Otherwise the rest of your pacman.conf file doesnt get picked up..ie your noupgrades and such.

dtw · 2005-09-23 10:47:35

great - never knew this and have frequently posted about it! How annoying....

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#1 2005-09-04 02:43:00

Using pacman to update just one repo

#2 2005-09-22 20:30:46

Re: Using pacman to update just one repo

#3 2005-09-22 21:15:37

Re: Using pacman to update just one repo

#4 2005-09-22 21:47:11

Re: Using pacman to update just one repo

#5 2005-09-22 23:02:16

Re: Using pacman to update just one repo

#6 2005-09-23 10:47:35

Re: Using pacman to update just one repo

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