[SOLVED] Manually installing drivers?

arctor · 2011-10-23 23:52:01

I manually installed a patched version of compat-wireless. Will this cause issues when updating the system via pacman?

Last edited by arctor (2011-10-26 00:53:22)

graysky · 2011-10-24 00:06:19

Potentially...

.:B:. · 2011-10-24 00:10:04

The worst thing you're gonna get is the wireless-compat drivers not working anymore.

arctor · 2011-10-24 00:13:03

Is there anyway to avoid it breaking? I am thinking maybe creating a package of it but I don't see how that will prevent anything because it won't be able to update itself if its not in the repository...

Last edited by arctor (2011-10-24 00:15:22)

Lone_Wolf · 2011-10-25 16:54:06

You can use provides=compat-wireless and conflicts=compat-wireless in your PKGBUILD.
While this will not prevent breakage, it does mean you'll get a warning
when an application requires a newer version of wireless-compat.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2011-10-25 16:54:23)

arctor · 2011-10-26 00:53:05

Lone_Wolf wrote:

You can use provides=compat-wireless and conflicts=compat-wireless in your PKGBUILD.
While this will not prevent breakage, it does mean you'll get a warning
when an application requires a newer version of wireless-compat.

Thank you I will try that.

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