I have the Archlinuxcn set up, it is handy for some larger packages (browsers etc) and emacs-git, or I thought it was.
Their emacs-git does not have the native compilation flag set, so I would rather compile it.
How can I ignore a package and prefer the aur version?
Ahhh, found the problem - today the Archlinuxcn package rel number is higher than the aur package:
Aur archlinuxcn
emacs-git 30.0.50.166798-1 -> 30.0.50.166798-2
This has never happened before, causes my script to fail
Won’t adding it to IgnorePkg
line in /etc/pacman.conf
do?
dalto
July 2, 2023, 7:08pm
3
Most AUR helpers honor that line as well so that may cause it to be ignored completely.
Nope:
IgnorePkg = sqlitestudio sqlitestudio-plugins tree-sitter-bash-git
IgnorePkg = archlinuxcn/emacs-git
#IgnorePkg = emacs-git
Uncomment bottom line - nothing installs.
It ignores repo/pkg
dalto
July 2, 2023, 7:10pm
5
It isn’t easy to do this actually. It is one of the challenges with using big 3rd party repos.
You could maybe try creating an alias to update with and adding aur/emacs-git --needed to the update. You would need to test though.
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That was what I was doing, but today the repo package is a higher number:
DAY=$(date +"%u")
echo ">>>>>>>>>"$DAY
if [[ "$DAY" == "7" ]]; then
echo "Equal"
sudo sed -i 's/^IgnorePkg = emacs-git/#IgnorePkg = emacs-git/' /etc/pacman.conf
echo "emacs-git" > $HOME/.up.txt
yay -S aur/emacs-git --noconfirm
else
echo "Not Equal"
sudo sed -i 's/^#IgnorePkg = emacs-git/IgnorePkg = emacs-git/' /etc/pacman.conf
fi
petsam
July 2, 2023, 10:15pm
7
IMHO, using a script for this specific problem is overdoing.
If the problem is temporary, use the Normal Method to upgrade packages:
Update the system with pacman
, using --ignore <package>
Update AUR packages using an AUR helper.
If the problem is kind-of permanent, create a separate pacman.conf
file, and insert appropriate directives for each of the upgrade types (repos, AUR). Then upgrade using the Normal Method and supplying different config. Example:
sudo pacman -Syu
trizen -Sua --config /etc/pacmanAUR.conf