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#1 2008-01-27 12:33:47
- mr.MikyMaus
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repository priority
Hi folks!
I wonder if there is a way to convince pacman to be repository-oriented rather than newest-version-oriented. What I mean is that I want to use just *some* packages from testing repo installing them manually by "pacman -S testing/pkgname" but I want it to ignore the testing repo (e.g. in pacman -Syu) unless explicitly asked for. I'm tired overwriting pacman.conf over and over again enabling and disabling testing repo..
I did some search, mostly on local forums and arch wikis, but did not find anything..
-miky
What happened to Arch's KISS? systemd sure is stupid but I must have missed the simple part ...
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#2 2008-01-27 12:36:14
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Re: repository priority
You can move the testing repo on bottom of the list. Although you are supposed to use all packages from from testing or not at all. If problems occur when using only selected packages from it dont blame the developers
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#3 2008-01-27 12:45:35
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Re: repository priority
You can move the testing repo on bottom of the list.
Sorry, forgot to mention I've already tried this. Does not work. Pacman still tries to upgrade all packages present in both testing and local system.
Although you are supposed to use all packages from from testing or not at all. If problems occur when using only selected packages from it dont blame the developers
I am well aware of that and I do not plan to blame anyone but me when something gets wrong 
Practically I only need one or two packages but I'm afraid of installing i.e. kernel from testing, especially today, when it wants to consume wifi drivers and who know what else. I cannot afford to be wirelessless atm.
-m.
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#4 2008-01-27 12:46:35
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Re: repository priority
I think the best approach is to create two configuration files and use --config /etc/pacman_testing.conf everytime you want to use testing.
You can even edit your ~/.bashrc and add an alias like
alias pacmant='pacman --config /etc/pacman_testing.conf'That way you just run pacmant like you would for pacman, but this way you are including the testing repo.
EDIT:
If you install the kernel from testing you most probably need all the drivers you use that are listed there.....
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#5 2008-01-27 12:49:58
- mr.MikyMaus
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Re: repository priority
I think the best approach is to create two configuration files and use --config /etc/pacman_testing.conf everytime you want to use testing.
Good point, thanks! I'll consider it as an option.
But I was thinking more about a solution, rather than a workaround..
-m.
EDIT: just typo
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#6 2008-01-27 12:55:36
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Re: repository priority
dolby wrote:You can move the testing repo on bottom of the list.
Sorry, forgot to mention I've already tried this. Does not work. Pacman still tries to upgrade all packages present in both testing and local system.
i have my local repo on top of every other and works just fine here
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#7 2008-01-27 12:59:42
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Re: repository priority
mr.MikyMaus wrote:dolby wrote:You can move the testing repo on bottom of the list.
Sorry, forgot to mention I've already tried this. Does not work. Pacman still tries to upgrade all packages present in both testing and local system.
i have my local repo on top of every other and works just fine here
You've probably got a wrong idea - I do not have any local repo, by local system I meant packages installed locally. And pacman tends to upgrade them even there is no newer version present but in testing. That's what I want to avoid in the first place...
-m.
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#8 2008-01-27 15:13:54
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Re: repository priority
You've probably got a wrong idea - I do not have any local repo, by local system I meant packages installed locally. And pacman tends to upgrade them even there is no newer version present but in testing. That's what I want to avoid in the first place...
-m.
What does pacman -Su --debug say?
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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