How to tell pacman to install files from a certain repo

stylopath · 2007-12-28 23:59:06

Hi!
As the title implies, i have a certain repo and want to sync all installed packages with these one (for example want to replace kernel26 with my own one).

Since i don't touch the pkgbuilds (i just compile with custom cflags) the pkgver is always the same as in the official repos.
Now i don't know how to tell pacman to install all files from this repo.

A way how to set pkgver++ on all PKGBUILDS in /var/abs would also solve my problems.

I hope someone here can help me.

[vEX] · 2007-12-29 00:00:48

If you put your repository over the core one in your pacman.conf I believe it would use the packages in your repository over those in core/extra if they have the same name.

IE:

[customrepo]
...

[core]
...

[extra]
...

Last edited by [vEX] (2007-12-29 00:01:24)

stonecrest · 2007-12-29 00:55:52

pacman -S repo/package works too

stylopath · 2007-12-29 03:21:58

pacman -S repo/package works too

But this works only for 1 package each time. I want pacman to replace all installed packages by the custom ones.

Sadly, vex' solution neither works though the pkgver's are equal and so pacman doesn't upgrade the files by doing a "pacman -Syu".

lilsirecho · 2007-12-29 03:36:44

Use ....pacman -S repo/*

lilsirecho · 2007-12-29 04:31:05

Perhaps use ...pacman -Syuf repo/*

lilsirecho · 2007-12-29 04:39:08

Another possibility....

Generate a repo on flash drive with your desired packages. When upgrading, use ...pacman -Syuw... and copy the upgrades to the flash repo. Edit where necessary.

Then call ....pacman -Udf repo/* from the flash drive.

EDIT: See also cachedir in man pacman and search google for more info.

Last edited by lilsirecho (2007-12-29 04:55:59)

gradgrind · 2007-12-29 08:01:44

Are you sure [vEX]'s method doesn't work? I'm pretty sure it should work. Is the package database in your repo ok? Have you cleared the 'wrong' packages out of the package cache?

stylopath · 2007-12-29 15:28:29

Vex's method makes pacman use my repo over the official ones, but with the pkgver of my package being similar to that of the installed package, pacman doesnt update.

Anyway, this shows me the way of all coming updates (first a makeworld -c and then pacman -Syu uses my repo for updates then).

lilsirecho's ideas look good, but pacman -S repo/* again syncs all files in the repo, but i only want already installed packages to be synced. Now i'm off playing a bit with all these suggestions, thanks in advance!

stylopath · 2007-12-29 15:33:52

well, i don't think this all works how i expected it to. I should try another solution:

I need a simple bash script which edits all PKGBUILDs in a certain directory (recursive, of course).
In detail, it has to change pkgver to pkgver+1 - Then pacman should do updates automatically using the right repo.
Is perhaps someone around who might help me scripting this (i'm a noob when it comes to bash, especially manipulating files)?
I know that it's not really on topic anymore, but i don't want to open a new thread if that's not neccessary.

Thanks.

sinister99 · 2007-12-29 21:08:34

I did something like this a while back, and wrote a script for it. I think it went something like this:

There is an old thread in the user contributions forum with a script to put all the PKGBUILDs from installed packages in the same directory. You could then build those packages with makepkg and install all those packages. This way you would only be building packages that are installed.

lilsirecho · 2007-12-29 21:58:33

See my post in pacman forum concerning cachedir.....

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How to tell pacman to install files from a certain repo

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