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WaFuSan

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From: Nagoya

Registered: 2005-01-27

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pacman option for updating system except xxx ?

I would like to know if there is an option to pacman for updating everything except a given list of packages.
For some reason I don't know yet and don't have the time to investigate, acroread 7 doesn't work, and I also had problems with the new release of xsane.
I could write a script to desinstall them then to reinstall the previous versions after a pacman -Suy, but I am wondering if there is a way to specify to pacman NOT to update them... until I have more time 

I have quickly browsed the forum and saw nothing about that. If I missed it, well, apologies 

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: pacman option for updating system except xxx ?

will the IgnorePkg option in pacman.conf help you? man pacman, and there's a sample in pacman.conf, I think.

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arooaroo

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2005-01-13

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Re: pacman option for updating system except xxx ?

Or for a one-off, use the --ignore <pkg> argument (can be more convenient than editing pacman.conf)

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