On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 03:19:56PM +0100, Dirk Kredler wrote: > Hello Damir! > > Am Dienstag, 6. November 2007 14:54:35 schrieb Damir Perisa: > > Tuesday 06 November 2007, Dirk Kredler wrote: > > | Do i need to do a "pacman -Syu" to run ArchLinux? (i hope not) > > > > you can avoid it... but it will trouble you. > > > > instead use IgnorePkg and HoldPkg lists and for manual upgrades use > > > > pacman -S pkgname > > > > because > > > > pacman -U pkgdestination/pkgfile > > > > see my other email for IgnorePkg :) > > > > - D > > i thought, that "pacman -U" checks for > dependencies - > > good advice to use "pacman -S" and the "IgnorePkg" and > "HoldPkg" entries in pacman instead > > Thank you very much > Dirk
u should also consider making a custom repo on some directory of your computer and adding it to pacman.conf. this way u can build packages locally and install em with pacman -S. see repo-add --help for details Greg
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