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#1 2008-04-16 23:18:52
- insanum
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pacman.conf for a server
I'm curious how others are configuring pacman for a server system. I've read in multiple places the normal thing to do is have an "IgnorePkg = kernel26" line in pacman.conf. But is this really enough? What about the packages that depend on kernel26? Isn't it possible for kernel-headers and glibc (etc) to easily become out of date causing user land apps to fail since newer entry points might/would be missing in the older kernel?
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#2 2008-04-17 00:29:07
- insanum
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Re: pacman.conf for a server
Also what about pacman configurations for Arch running within UML or Xen where Arch isn't managing a kernel package?
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#3 2008-04-17 00:58:29
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Re: pacman.conf for a server
What about the packages that depend on kernel26?
Not a problem, they are still upgraded by the usual: pacman -Syu
To detect out-of-sync library soname versions (which will probably be your next question), use findbrokenpkgs.
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