On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 6:34 PM Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbefeld@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Am 17.09.18 um 17:48 schrieb Carsten Mattner via arch-general: > > 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. > > Yes and No. These tools allow switching the active JVM. In my case that > would be overkill, I don't need that. I only need the installed software > to be reachable from NetBeans IDE. I'm usually fine running my software > on the latest JDK version - I only need other JDKs for compatibility > testing, and that's most comfortable using an IDE. > > Kind regards > > Peter Your best bet would be to download the PKGBUILD file and rename the package name. You'll probably need to make a few other changes as well as often the package name is used to download the package etc. Update the provides,conflicts as needed Now you'll have a package that can coexists with all the others and pacman won't even ask to upgrade it.
