On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:11:10 +0200 Tobias Hunger via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Arch Community, > > I have scripts that will install a set of arch linux machines for me > with all the tweaks I want. These scripts run pacman a lot to install > bits and pieces. Usually the script will running pacman to install one > package and then configure that package and then proceed to install > the next (set of) packages. This works great, but a noticeable part > of the run time is spent on running pacman hooks (e.g. to update the > man-db and similar things). > > So I am wondering: Is it possible to stop pacman from running hooks > during package installation? I do know when it is "safe" to not run > hooks (when the system is not complete yet) and when I need to run all > of them (right after the system has all packages installed that it > will have). > > So far I run pacman with a --hookdir that contains symlinks to > /dev/null named like some of the more expensive hooks that tend to > take long to complete. But a --no-hooks option to pacman would be > great for my use case. > > Is it possible to run pacman without it triggering hooks? > > Best Regards, > Tobias Some hooks take into account the specific files that were installed, so you cannot run them later. Why not just install everything at once?
