How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

Malvineous · 2012-07-28 06:18:08

Hi all,

Due to a rather nasty bug in mplayer, the current version in the Arch repositories is unusable for me. I am currently running the previous version without any problems, but every time I try to upgrade, pacman wants to reinstall this broken version.

I don't want to list mplayer in the IgnorePkgs option, because then I won't get any new versions. Since the bug has long been fixed, the next Arch version should work fine - it's just the current Arch version (35014) that is broken and I want to ignore.

Is there some way I can blacklist this specific version of the package, so although it won't ever be installed, any newer version will?

I tried adding "mplayer-35014" and "mplayer-35014-1" to IgnorePkgs but it didn't work.

Any suggestions?

Hspasta · 2012-07-28 06:35:47

Putting the package in the ignored list should be fine. Pacman tells you everytime it skips a package and you can see the updated version number there. I don't know how else you could go about this.

tomk · 2012-07-28 09:22:56

You've already built mplayer from svn, so why not just use that until the Arch packages is updated?

Malvineous · 2012-07-28 09:34:45

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I didn't actually build a package from it, because I didn't know where the problem was. So I just compiled a bunch of things the old fashioned way and ran them without installing anything until I had narrowed down the problem. But I'm sure there's an mplayer-svn in AUR I could use - good idea.

ANOKNUSA · 2012-07-28 15:45:08

Downgrade + IgnorePkg

Malvineous · 2012-07-29 00:18:51

But how do I specify the version in IgnorePkg per my original post?

falconindy · 2012-07-29 01:27:40

Simple, you don't.

Malvineous · 2012-07-29 01:43:49

Right. I was just wondering why a suggestion was given that I already said didn't do what I wanted. Thought I might've missed something.

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#1 2012-07-28 06:18:08

How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

#2 2012-07-28 06:35:47

Re: How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

#3 2012-07-28 09:22:56

Re: How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

#4 2012-07-28 09:34:45

Re: How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

#5 2012-07-28 15:45:08

Re: How can you ignore one specific version of a package when upgrading?

#6 2012-07-29 00:18:51

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