On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 6:34 PM Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbefeld@gmx.de> 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@archlinux.org> 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.