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Linuxmodel

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Registered: 2010-05-20

Posts: 27

repo-remove does not work correctly when trying to remove packages

Scenario:

There are packages with different version number in the same local folder, like /mnt/repo/pkgs.

qt6-xxxx-6.3.2-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst
qt6-xxxx-6.4.0-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst

1. run repo-add to a brand new custom.db.tar.gz,
2. run pacman -Syu,
3. check pkg list using pacman -Sl | grep qt6
result shows that only higher version files are added to the custom.db repo.

Let's go on:
Then I want to remove all those qt6-xxxx-6.4.0-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst manually using :

repo-remove cusome.db.tar.gz qt6-xxxx-6.4.0-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst (just a sample for one file).

Because I want to add entry for lower version of packages in the repo db.
All qt6-xxxx-6.3.2-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst and qt6-xxxx-6.4.0-xxxx-pkg.tar.zst are located in the same folder.

But it gives me the message as below:

==> Searching for package 'qt6-3d-6.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'...
==> ERROR: Package matching 'qt6-3d-6.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' not found.
==> No packages modified, nothing to do.

Question:
How to remove entry of higher version in custom.db with repo-remove ?

Thanks.

Last edited by Linuxmodel (2022-10-20 02:36:09)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: repo-remove does not work correctly when trying to remove packages

repo-remove takes the package name, not the file name. You would just remove qt6-3d. Or simply add the older version.

Linuxmodel

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Registered: 2010-05-20

Posts: 27

Re: repo-remove does not work correctly when trying to remove packages

OK. I will try.

Will it remove the local files at the same time when I remove the entry inside custom.db?
If I delete the new version files in folder first, then run the repo-remove, will it be OK?

Simply add the older version, it will prompt below :

==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-imageformats' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-languageserver' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-lottie' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-multimedia' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-networkauth' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-positioning' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-quick3d' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-quicktimeline' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-remoteobjects' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-scxml' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-sensors' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-serialbus' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-serialport' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-shadertools' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-svg' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-tools' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-translations' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-virtualkeyboard' is already present in database
==> WARNING: A newer version for 'qt6-wayland' is already present in database

repo-remove takes the package name, not the file name. You would just remove qt6-3d. Or simply add the older version.

Linuxmodel

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Registered: 2010-05-20

Posts: 27

Re: repo-remove does not work correctly when trying to remove packages

Yes. it works with the name only.
And it does not matter whether the package file is there or not.
Thanks.

repo-remove takes the package name, not the file name. You would just remove qt6-3d. Or simply add the older version.

Last edited by Linuxmodel (2022-10-20 02:57:18)

Linuxmodel

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Registered: 2010-05-20

Posts: 27

Re: repo-remove does not work correctly when trying to remove packages

Is there an approach to remove multiple packages in the repo-remove run? not supporting regex now.

repo-remove takes the package name, not the file name. You would just remove qt6-3d. Or simply add the older version.