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I don't want to upgrade dvd-tools because it effectively kills k3b. Each time I run pacman -Syu, it will ask to also upgrade dvd-tools with everything else. How can I either block dvd-tools from upgrade or be able to upgrade in a more verbose mode (and therefore, be able to say yes/no to each package)?
Found the answer, which was really quite easy!
Add the following line to pacman.conf:
IgnorePkg = (package name)
...such as:
IgnorePkg = dvd+rw-tools
From the wiki:
Another useful option is IgnorePkg. For example if you have modified or patched a certain package, adding it to the IgnorePkg line will prevent pacman from upgrading it when a new version becomes available. But pacman will still warn you about the newest available version, so you can eventually decide to update your customized version. This option is also useful for LARGE packages like openoffice-base if you want to avoid downloading and updating the whole lot every time there is a minor update in the repository. Since pacman warns you about the latest version anyway, you can decide to upgrade manually if you wish.
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Arch, Xandros 4.0
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