On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Buce <dmbuce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >> See also https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15561
