Disable package upgrades from testing

nargil · 2011-09-26 10:37:49

I want to disable package upgrades from testing repositories (testing, community-testing, multilib-testing):
- nvidia
- nvidia-utils
and the group xorg,
as it is very unstable with my laptop (quadro fx1600 gpu)

Yet I want the packages to upgrade from the non-testing repos, so puting
IgnoreGroup=xorg
IgnorePkg=..
in the option section is a bit of an overkill

Is it possible ?

karol · 2011-09-26 10:44:09

[testing] repos are disabled by default, so you had to enable them first. Now just undo what you did :-)

Comment them out: change this

[testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

to this

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Same thing for any other repo you don't want.
Run 'pacman -Syy' and 'pacman -Suu'.

Last edited by karol (2011-09-26 10:45:16)

nargil · 2011-09-26 10:46:42

Nah, that's not what I want.
Testing repos include much useful stuff. I don't want to get rid of it. Just disable the packages I mentioned above from testing.

karol · 2011-09-26 10:48:49

nargil wrote:

Nah, that's not what I want.
Testing repos include much useful stuff. I don't want to get rid of it. Just disable the packages I mentioned above from testing.

I understand this, but testing repos are all or nothing. Stuff is likely to break if you use some packages from testing and some from non-testing repos.

You can run e.g.

pacman -S extra/xorg-server

Last edited by karol (2011-09-26 10:49:41)

nargil · 2011-09-26 10:54:31

karol wrote:

You can run e.g.
pacman -S extra/xorg-server

But then

pacman -Syu

will still upgrade it from testing ?

karol · 2011-09-26 10:56:09

Yes, pacman will try to install the newest package from whatever repo: testing, non-testing or even some unofficial user repo (if you have them enabled).

Edit: From pacman.conf:

- pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
- repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
  have identical names, regardless of version number

Last edited by karol (2011-09-26 10:58:45)

nargil · 2011-09-26 11:00:14

guess I just have to globaly ignore the packages.

something like this would be useful

[testing]
IgnorePkg   = nvidia nvidia-utils
IgnoreGroup = xorg
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

or for example just to ignore a version of a package (so new packages in testing, which possibly solve my issues could be installed).

Last edited by nargil (2011-09-26 11:00:36)

karol · 2011-09-26 11:01:48

You would have to download / mirror the whole [testing] repos, remove the unwanted packages and only then update your system, but using your version of [testing] and friends.

And what are your issues? Is it http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21479.html ?

Last edited by karol (2011-09-26 11:04:54)

Allan · 2011-09-26 11:09:09

You can only use IgnorePkg and IgnoreGroup globally.

nargil · 2011-09-26 11:10:21

Yes. Some gtk elements are not being drawn, what is annoying with firefox tabs, as I can't recognize the currently active tab.
Tried also the 285.xx beta driver, and that makes my system unresponsible for like 10sec when changing tabs in gnome terminal, or tuning sound volume. Although the drawing is ok.

Last edited by nargil (2011-09-26 12:17:11)

stqn · 2011-09-26 13:38:30

The "tab mix plus" firefox extension might be of help since it "highlights" tabs in a configurable way.

nargil · 2011-09-26 22:02:20

Thats as good as fixing a plane with duct tape.

stqn · 2011-09-26 23:44:48

You're welcome. Always a pleasure to help you.

ngoonee · 2011-09-27 01:39:23

nargil wrote:

Yes. Some gtk elements are not being drawn, what is annoying with firefox tabs, as I can't recognize the currently active tab.
Tried also the 285.xx beta driver, and that makes my system unresponsible for like 10sec when changing tabs in gnome terminal, or tuning sound volume. Although the drawing is ok.

nvidia's binary drivers simply do not work all that well with xorg-server-1.11.* at the moment, so just don't use that. I (and I believe many other nvidia users) did not upgrade pass 1.10.3.901 pending nvidia getting with the programme.

<mod-note>Your previous post about planes and duct tapes isn't very helpful or appreciative to someone who posted something both valid and helpful. It'd be good if you refrain from sarcastically dismissing it just because you don't like the answer.</mod-note>

nargil · 2011-09-27 06:20:40

ngoonee wrote:

nvidia's binary drivers simply do not work all that well with xorg-server-1.11.* at the moment, so just don't use that. I (and I believe many other nvidia users) did not upgrade pass 1.10.3.901 pending nvidia getting with the programme.

Actualy it (testing) works fine with my desktop pc (8800gt), and that's strange. Nouveau isn't a big help for the laptop, as gnome-shell just keeps "oopsing about something going wrong".

ngoonee wrote:

<mod-note>Your previous post about planes and duct tapes isn't very helpful or appreciative to someone who posted something both valid and helpful. It'd be good if you refrain from sarcastically dismissing it just because you don't like the answer.</mod-note>

Come on, it's both funny and accurate

stqn wrote:

You're welcome. Always a pleasure to help you.

Well, thanks for trying. I'm just not happy with the solution.

Last edited by nargil (2011-09-27 06:23:15)

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