Ray Kohler wrote: > > Suggestions: > > > > 1. Rename all your packages appropriately (e.g. append -heresy or > > -nodbus or -whatever). This way your packages won't get unistalled if > > they lag behind the official ones. > > No, this isn't how pacman works. If his repo comes before the official > ones in pacman.conf, it will override them regardless of version > comparisons. I know, but why would anyone in their right mind put some tro^Wguy's custom repo _before_ the official ones, especially when the provided packages are not the nightly builds of <insert_your_fav_app> but ones like xorg-server? -- X.