Le mer. 1 nov. 2023 à 14:51, Christoph Gysin a écrit :

On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 1:45 AM lacsaP Patatetom wrote:

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I use `pacstrap -U` to install locally forged packages in a dedicated folder. this dedicated folder already contains some files and some of these files are causing problems for `pacstrap -U` (eg. `pacman -U`).

i'd like to be able to use `--overwrite` option and pass it from `pacstrap`.

is it possible to pass options to `pacman` via `pacstrap` ?

It seems pacstrap is passing any additional flags to pacman:

https://github.com/archlinux/arch-install-scripts/blob/master/pacstrap.in#L1...

So you should be able to pass options using e.g.:

$ pacstrap -U /mnt linux -- --overwrite

hi, here's a case study that might be more telling : ``` # pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst ==> Creating install root at target/ ==> Installing packages to target/ loading packages... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1 Total Installed Size: 3.77 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking keys in keyring [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) loading package files [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [#############################################################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) numix-gtk-theme-git: target/usr/share/themes/Numix/gtk-3.20/gtk.css exists in filesystem numix-gtk-theme-git: target/usr/share/themes/Numix/openbox-3/themerc exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root # pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst -- --overwrite ==> Creating install root at target/ ==> Installing packages to target/ loading packages... error: '--overwrite': could not find or read package error: '--config=target/etc/pacman.conf': could not find or read package error: '--noconfirm': could not find or read package ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root ``` the `numix` package simply comes from AUR and the two files I'm following (eg. versioned) `target/usr/share/themes/Numix/gtk-3.20/gtk.css` and `target/usr/share/themes/Numix/openbox-3/themerc` are already present in the tree and make some changes to the files supplied by default with the package. note that the `--overwrite` option is not passed on to `pacman` and that the problem does not recur if I try to reinstall the package, even though the two files are still present. regards, lacsaP.

My bad, it seems the extra dashes are not needed, pacstrap ignores unknown options. Try: # pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst --overwrite On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 2:51 PM lacsaP Patatetom wrote:

Le mer. 1 nov. 2023 à 14:51, Christoph Gysin a écrit :

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On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 1:45 AM lacsaP Patatetom wrote:

...

I use `pacstrap -U` to install locally forged packages in a dedicated folder. this dedicated folder already contains some files and some of these files are causing problems for `pacstrap -U` (eg. `pacman -U`).

i'd like to be able to use `--overwrite` option and pass it from `pacstrap`.

is it possible to pass options to `pacman` via `pacstrap` ?

It seems pacstrap is passing any additional flags to pacman:

https://github.com/archlinux/arch-install-scripts/blob/master/pacstrap.in#L1...

So you should be able to pass options using e.g.:

$ pacstrap -U /mnt linux -- --overwrite

hi,

here's a case study that might be more telling :

``` # pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst ==> Creating install root at target/ ==> Installing packages to target/ loading packages... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1 Total Installed Size: 3.77 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking keys in keyring [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) loading package files [#############################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [#############################################################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) numix-gtk-theme-git: target/usr/share/themes/Numix/gtk-3.20/gtk.css exists in filesystem numix-gtk-theme-git: target/usr/share/themes/Numix/openbox-3/themerc exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

# pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst -- --overwrite ==> Creating install root at target/ ==> Installing packages to target/ loading packages... error: '--overwrite': could not find or read package error: '--config=target/etc/pacman.conf': could not find or read package error: '--noconfirm': could not find or read package ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root ```

the `numix` package simply comes from AUR and the two files I'm following (eg. versioned) `target/usr/share/themes/Numix/gtk-3.20/gtk.css` and `target/usr/share/themes/Numix/openbox-3/themerc` are already present in the tree and make some changes to the files supplied by default with the package.

note that the `--overwrite` option is not passed on to `pacman` and that the problem does not recur if I try to reinstall the package, even though the two files are still present.

regards, lacsaP.

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:40:35 +0100 lacsaP Patatetom wrote:

# pacstrap -c -C target/etc/pacman.conf -U target/ pkg/numix-gtk-theme-git-2.6.7.r55.ad4b345-1-any.pkg.tar.zst --overwrite '*'

thank you for this tip from the bowels of pacstrap because this option-passing method is not specified in the pacstrap man.

have a good day, regards, lacsaP.

Why aren't you just using pacman --sysroot here?