Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

damjan · 2006-08-30 22:19:22

I've upgradedto Xorg 7.1 packages from the testing/ repository and now when I run pacman -Syu... well it correctly reports:
:: libgl-dri: local (6.5rc1-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/6.4.2-2)
:: mesa: local (6.5.1rc1-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/6.4.2-1)
:: xf86-input-keyboard: local (1.1.0-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.0.1.3-1)
:: xf86-input-mouse: local (1.1.1-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.0.4-1)
:: xf86-video-ati: local (6.6.2-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/6.5.8.0-1)
:: xorg-server: local (1.1.1-1) appears to be newer than repo (current/1.0.2-3)
:: Above packages will be skipped. To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'

And that's fine, BUT... I also have installed fixesproto-4.0-2 from testing/ and pacman -Syu tries to downgrade it to 3.0.2-2 from current/.

Is it a bug in pacman that thinks 3.0.2-2 > 4.0-2 ?

(I tried renaming fixesproto-4.0-2 to fixesproto-4.0.0-2 in /var/lib/pacman/local , and edited the version in desc, but that didn't help - although pacman -Q shows the new version)

Pacman is v2.9.8

chrismortimore · 2006-08-30 22:37:53

Can you post your /etc/pacman.conf?

phrakture · 2006-08-30 23:15:49

fixesproto 3.0.2 has "force=y" set in the PKGBUILD (see here: http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcv … cvs-markup )

This causes pacman to force the upgrade. It is only an issue because you are using partial testing packages, which is not recommended.

damjan · 2006-08-31 23:59:11

Thanks phrakture, that explains it, it's good to know it's not a bug in pacman. BTW why is that force=y needed?

chrismortimore, there's nothing special in my pacman.conf - except that testing is put last.

It is only an issue because you are using partial testing packages, which is not recommended.

well, I can only test some packages at a time, not the whole bunch... I still need the computer for work..

I only upgraded Xorg-server because: I knew I can get away with only several packages from testing/ and wanted to know if there are improvements in the mach64 driver, since sometimes when moving the mouse I see like a ghost flicker of the cursor. That iritates... alas 7.1 didn't help, EXA doesn't add much and EXA + RenderAccel hangs the X server.

phrakture · 2006-09-01 00:01:55

damjan wrote:

It is only an issue because you are using partial testing packages, which is not recommended.
well, I can only test some packages at a time, not the whole bunch... I still need the computer for work..

Right, I understand. The reason I say that is that *some* packages may have issues when not using some deps from testing. It's not that simple for most people, though.

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#1 2006-08-30 22:19:22

Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

#2 2006-08-30 22:37:53

Re: Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

#3 2006-08-30 23:15:49

Re: Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

#4 2006-08-31 23:59:11

Re: Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

#5 2006-09-01 00:01:55

Re: Pacman: strange handling of newer packages when updating

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