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graysky

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Using pacman to sync a single repo rather than all in pacman.conf

Is it possible to call pacman to -Sy a particular repo rather than all repos? For example, I have the following defined:

[chroot_local]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = file:///var/lib/ccm

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

I only want to have the chroot_local refreshed from a

pacman -Sy

I don't see anything in the man page about this but figured it's worth asking.

Last edited by graysky (2025-06-14 11:00:22)

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: Using pacman to sync a single repo rather than all in pacman.conf

I vaguely remember developer apg mentioning that was possible with one of his tools.

Check https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils .

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NuSkool

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Registered: 2015-03-23

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Re: Using pacman to sync a single repo rather than all in pacman.conf

Is it possible to call pacman to -Sy a particular repo rather than all repos?

I vaguely remember developer apg mentioning that was possible with one of his tools.

Check https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils .

I use pacsync of the pacutils package to sync my aur repo. 
Never tried it on the official repos till now.
Seems to work though, but not sure this is what you're looking for. YMMV and the obligatory "partial upgrades are bad"  warning for readers. 

$ sudo pacsync core
[sudo] password for jeff: 
core.db (119013/119013) 100%

Optionally, would creating, pointing pacman to a temp config file possibly be a solution viable 'pacman only' workaround?

Last edited by NuSkool (2025-06-14 17:46:56)

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