On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Yamakaky <yamakaky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: In your use case, you can probably specify an alternative db path >> using the --dbpath switch in pacman. >> > > That's what I wanted to do, but dbpath countains the local and upstream > databases, so I thought it might cause problems. > If I understand it right, and correct me if I do not, you can use pacman -Syy --dbpath /tmp/pacman-update/, right? That way, if you want to check the local databases (currently installed and active), you can use pacman -Si <package-name> and if you want to check the latest ones, you can use pacman -Si --dbpath /tmp/pacman-update/ <package-name>. I think that this is the same mechanism as used by the check-updates script. That script just cleans up a bit more, but fundamentally uses this same switch. -- Savyasachee Jha *"Aerodynamics is for people whodon't know how to build engines."*
