[arch-general] Testing question
Hey list, Is there a way to enable the testing repo and install updates (with pacman -Suyy) from the other repositories and only install updates from testing if I explicitly mention it with some pacman command? Thanks -- Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health. #include <stdio.h> int main(){printf("%s","\x4c\x65\x6f\x6e\x69\x64\x61\x73");}
You should never cherry pick updatates. It is all or nothing. Altought you can use syntax -S repo/pkgname. But if you are going to do that remember that I will be slaughtered for sharing this information, if you go complaining about how that broke your system. As long as you dont install system libs you should be relatively safe.
On 27.07.2012 22:11, Leonidas Spyropoulos wrote:
Is there a way to enable the testing repo and install updates (with pacman -Suyy) from the other repositories and only install updates from testing if I explicitly mention it with some pacman command?
Move [testing] below [extra] and [core] in pacman.conf. Do the same for [community-testing] and use pacman -S testing/whatever to install stuff. Just remember that you can run into problems if you do that, since this is somewhat similar to incomplete updates and pacman won't automatically pull newer dependencies from [testing]. -- Florian Pritz
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Florian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at> wrote:
On 27.07.2012 22:11, Leonidas Spyropoulos wrote:
Is there a way to enable the testing repo and install updates (with pacman -Suyy) from the other repositories and only install updates from testing if I explicitly mention it with some pacman command?
Move [testing] below [extra] and [core] in pacman.conf. Do the same for [community-testing] and use pacman -S testing/whatever to install stuff.
right, I read on the wiki this is not recommended so I guess I will stick to the normal repos for now. No time to fix the pc due to testing..
Just remember that you can run into problems if you do that, since this is somewhat similar to incomplete updates and pacman won't automatically pull newer dependencies from [testing].
-- Florian Pritz
-- Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health. #include <stdio.h> int main(){printf("%s","\x4c\x65\x6f\x6e\x69\x64\x61\x73");}
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