gt wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 05:16:30PM +1100, Gaetan Bisson wrote: >> [2012-10-23 10:35:56 +0530] gt: >> > Alternatively can I rename the package directory inside >> > /var/lib/pacman/local/ and %VERSION% string inside the desc file to >> > achieve the same? >> >> Sure you can. >> >> But what exactly are you trying to achieve? Avoid upgrading a specific >> package? The IgnorePkg option of pacman.conf can make that happen in a >> much more robust way. > > Actually, it is related to IgnorePkg. > > I have a few packages locally compiled, for example mutt. I have stripped > all unnecessary options from mutt, and added it to IgnorePkg. Now when an > upgrade is available, i see the changes and decide whether to upgrade or > not. In case of mutt, the last two upgrades had added patches which i didn't > need. So i just changed the version in PKGBUILD to correspond to the arch > repos. > > Now instead of compiling everytime due to an unnecessary version bump, i > thought there must be a way to just change the version in the database, > hence the question. > > Thanks to you and Matthew for the answers. IMO the best solution is creating a custom repository and putting it on the top of pacman.conf's repository list. No need to hack anything. Greg
