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lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Pacman -Syu or/pacman --cachedir -Syuw

Normal pacman activity is performed with pacman -Syu, synched to pacman db and upgrades occur based on the synch with the db.

If, as in my case, I utilize a cachedir to permit installs from the cache instead of downloading and then installing.  Thus the packages are loaded into cachedir with the  ...w ...option. 

The packages are installed with pacman -Ud from the mounted cachedir in an array folder.

My query involves how to utilize pacman to upgrade the cachedir packages.  Normal downloads are measured against the pacman db for the whole system.

Can an alternate db be established which does not interfere with the normal ..pacman -Syy.. which will only respond to a cachedir request?

Perhaps ....pacman --cachedir /mnt/md/cache2/array -Syy?

Will this upset the pacman system?

Or is it just a pipe dream?!~!!

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mcmillan

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Registered: 2006-04-06

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Re: Pacman -Syu or/pacman --cachedir -Syuw

-b, --dbpath <path>  set an alternate database location

Is that what you're looking for?

lilsirecho

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Re: Pacman -Syu or/pacman --cachedir -Syuw

Perhaps it is.  I would be hesitant to apply it unless I knew that the original db was still intact and useable.

Will give it a try in a Live boot.

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lilsirecho

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Re: Pacman -Syu or/pacman --cachedir -Syuw

Generated an alternate pacman db using the ... -b  ...option.

I find it to contain the db packages for the system.

However, the purpose for the alternate was to compare the db with the "local" repo stored in a raid0 array.
  Thus in the directory ...pacman db.... I should find an alternate "local" directory and a "sync" directory.  The "sync" directory exists but no alternate "local" directory.

Maybe a symlink to my repo is required to enable maintaining it separately from the normal pacman activity.

How the "local" is setup in normal pacman activity is an item I am not aware of.

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A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
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