On 9/17/18, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So essentially what you really want is a way for pacman to remember your > choice. That would require pacman modify its configuration which is > something that goes against the current architecture... What would happen > instead is pacman.conf could be used to configure this. > > I'm not sure if IgnorePkg or HoldPkg would have an effect here... The way I read it, what's being suggested is something like Debian's update-alternatives. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives Or a JVM version manager ala pyenv etc. Not sure.