On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:45 AM, David C. Rankin < drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > > I would like to update a 3rd party repo index WITHOUT updating any other > index. Like adding a --repo option to 'Pacman -Sy'. e.g. > > Pacman -Sy -r somerepo > > This would be handy when you want to update a 3rd party index and install > updated packages WITHOUT updating core, community, extra... to avoid > having to > do a full system update just to get new packages from a non-arch repo. > There are > times when I just want to install a new external package or set of > packages but > not do a full update involving the kernel, etc. > > I've looked at all the pacman options and there does not seem to be a > way to > do this. (Yes - I do understand why all Arch repos must be updated > together in > order to avoid the partial-update issues) But, with a 3rd party repo, that > isn't > a concern. > I do this with my own internal repo by configuring it in its own separate config file, Include'ing that file from the main pacman config, and using pacman's --config option pointed to the custom repo file to only sync that one repository when needed. > > Is there a way to do this via pacman, and if not, is there a way to > manually > download the new 3rd party index and add it to the cache to accomplish the > same > thing? Like just replacing the current .db index in > /var/lib/cache/pacman/sync > with the new one?[1] > > What say the experts? > > Footnotes: > [1] I am asking before trying to avoid screwing something up, so no, I > haven't > tried it yet. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. >
