[arch-general] pacman ignore packages by pattern?

[XeCycle]

Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> writes:

[...]

> 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

Mine didn't show this behaviour.

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17:37:17 $ sudo pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): fluidsynth-1.1.5-2  jack-0.121.3-5

Total Download Size:    0.17 MiB
Total Installed Size:   3.04 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       2.41 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
17:37:21 $ sudo pacman -Su --ignore fluid*
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): fluidsynth-1.1.5-2  jack-0.121.3-5

Total Download Size:    0.17 MiB
Total Installed Size:   3.04 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       2.41 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
17:37:39 $ 
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Carl Lei (XeCycle)
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