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#1 2008-09-21 20:01:08
- yellowfox
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Update without dependence
Hi, It is possible to turn off dependence checking during pacman -Syu ?
For example. I install kismet without imagemagick by -Sd. Will pacman install this dependence after update (Syu) ?
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#2 2008-09-21 20:03:29
- haxit
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Re: Update without dependence
First check man pacman.....
Then it will tell you run it with -d
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#3 2008-09-22 01:55:31
- stonecrest
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Re: Update without dependence
First check man pacman.....
Then it will tell you run it with -d
That doesn't answer the question at all, they already said they used -Sd.
The answer is yes, -Syu will try to bring back in the dep with every upgrade to the package. You'll have to -Sd the app manually with every upgrade if you want to prevent it.
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#4 2008-09-22 03:07:34
- Allan
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Re: Update without dependence
You can look at IgnorePkg in pacman.conf although I'm not sure it stops dependencies being pulled in...
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#5 2008-09-22 04:22:02
- fflarex
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Re: Update without dependence
Pacman's -d option can be used in upgrades too, so haxit was right. Instead of running 'pacman -Syu', run 'pacman -Syud'.
Although this may mess up other dependencies too (not often, but every once in a while a package's deps will change and you may need something new). I would use pacman.conf's IgnorePkg option instead.
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#6 2008-09-23 12:55:28
- ngaba
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Re: Update without dependence
IgnorePkg won't help, if imagemagick is a dependency of kismet. (pacman will stop with "unsatisfied depencencies" error). If imagemagick is a _needless_ dependency of kismet, you can open a FS task for "move imagemagick dependency of kismet to optdepend". If imagemagick is a needed dependency, and you have a custom version installed (build from source, etc.) I suggest creating an "imagemagick-custom package" (that provides imagemagick) for that with makepkg.
Answer to the original question: -Sud or -Syud are allowed. However, this can create some unwanted broken packages (if -Su upgrades many packages)!
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