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doomguy29

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Registered: 2026-06-27

Posts: 3

pacman.conf personalization capabilities

Hi! I'm newbie here.
Are there any plans to expand the personalization options in the package manager?
Right now, aside from the "ILoveCandy" Easter egg, there’s basically nothing. Or do I need to tinker with the source code myself?

5hridhyan

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Registered: 2025-12-25

Posts: 1,089

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

Are there any plans to expand the personalization options in the package manager?

@Allan, you got some work to do!

Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-06-27 15:35:52)

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I feel sad for Keith. What happens if he gets chased by a Python? Poor guy, he is just an obese, diseased rat with a missing hind leg that was blown off... I hope those zero-cost abstractions help him run faster and escape in such scenarios. :cry:

doomguy29

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Registered: 2026-06-27

Posts: 3

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

(((

doomguy29

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Registered: 2026-06-27

Posts: 3

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

Yes. mb it was stupid question)

teckk

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Registered: 2013-02-21

Posts: 590

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

What extra options are you wanting?

#DownloadUser = alpm
#DisableSandbox
#DisableSandboxFilesystem
#DisableSandboxSyscalls

#ParallelDownloads = 5
#ILoveCandy
#UseSyslog
#Color
#NoProgressBar
#VerbosePkgLists
#CheckSpace

#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll

#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#Server=https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2026/3/12/core/os/x86_64/

5hridhyan

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Registered: 2025-12-25

Posts: 1,089

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

What extra options are you wanting?

OP said they wanted:
personalization options

"except Color and ILoveCandy"
...

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I feel sad for Keith. What happens if he gets chased by a Python? Poor guy, he is just an obese, diseased rat with a missing hind leg that was blown off... I hope those zero-cost abstractions help him run faster and escape in such scenarios. :cry:

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 78,235

Re: pacman.conf personalization capabilities

teckk is asking for the positive complement .
I honestly was also wondering what "customization" the OP is looking for in a CLI too that prints a bunch of package and file names.
VerbosePkgLists is nice if you've enough screen estate.

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