[arch-general] pacman ignore packages by pattern?

[Allan McRae]

On 19/03/12 18:43, XeCycle wrote:
> Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> It would take less time to test than send an email asking...
> 
> Well, I've tested long ago, but --ignore xxx* doesn't seem to
> work.  So I'm asking if there's some other options for that, or
> has anyone requested this feature before.
> 


allan at mugen ~
> pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (9): libreoffice-calc-3.5.1-1  libreoffice-common-3.5.1-1
             libreoffice-draw-3.5.1-1  libreoffice-en-GB-3.5.1-1
             libreoffice-gnome-3.5.1-1  libreoffice-impress-3.5.1-1
             libreoffice-math-3.5.1-1  libreoffice-writer-3.5.1-1
             xf86-input-synaptics-1.5.99.901-2

Total Download Size:    72.63 MiB
Total Installed Size:   258.82 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -0.14 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

allan at mugen ~
> pacman -Su --ignore libreoffic*
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: libreoffice-calc: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-common: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-draw: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-en-GB: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-1 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-gnome: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-impress: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-math: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
warning: libreoffice-writer: ignoring package upgrade (3.5.0-2 => 3.5.1-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): xf86-input-synaptics-1.5.99.901-2

Total Installed Size:   0.14 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.01 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n