Mask a package, is it possible?

Cagnulein · 2006-04-23 22:16:52

Is it possible to mask a package? I went from gentoo, so this question may sound stupid, please don't blame me

Thanks in advance

Snowman · 2006-04-23 22:23:56

Can you be more precise? I don't understand what you mean by "mask a package".

McQueen · 2006-04-23 22:38:22

In Gentoo terms it means, "when you don't want to take a certain package or a specific version of a package into account". Using /etc/pacman.conf you can add a package to the "HoldPkg" line and it will not be changed from the installed version.

brain0 · 2006-04-23 22:39:57

That is .......... wrooong. Please read the pacman manpage and compare the descriptions of HoldPkg and IgnorePkg.

McQueen · 2006-04-23 22:46:33

Yeah, thanks. I meant "IgnorePkg = <package>". HoldPkg will prompt pacman to ask for confirmation before removing a package.

Cagnulein · 2006-04-24 04:56:47

Thanks, i'll give it a shot

Edit:
Mmm...it seems that i can't mask a specific version of a package..did i anything wrong?

Cam · 2006-04-24 05:28:37

Nah you can't mask a specific version. What result are you trying to end up with? We might be able to help you figure out a better way.

Cagnulein · 2006-04-24 10:41:23

i've installed opera 9.0 beta from binary and now i would stop to update opera until the 9.0 will come out on the official repository

Anyway it's not a problem now, i've masked opera, and when it will come out, i'll comment the line

Cam · 2006-04-24 10:47:35

Provided that packages are named and versioned correctly, pacman should recognise that 9.0 is newer than the repo version and not update it. Here is a line I get from my pacman:

:: gmpc: local (0.13.0-2) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.13.0-1)

Cagnulein · 2006-04-24 10:52:02

but i've installed the 9.0 from binary, not from AUR

_Gandalf_ · 2006-04-24 11:30:07

Why did you do that? we have an opera-devel in AUR which is a weekly package, i know i haven't update it the last week but i will do now, Install that version instead!!

Cagnulein · 2006-04-24 11:35:43

i didn't know :oops:

Thanks for the tip

Moo-Crumpus · 2006-04-24 11:36:00

Then pacman has no chance to notice it. Instead of installing teh binary, you could use ABS, edit the PKGBUILD, and use it to install 9.0 beta.

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Mask a package, is it possible?

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