[arch-general] howto remove old package version

[niya levi]

On 12/11/16 19:59, Damjan Georgievski wrote:
>> pacman -Syu
>> :: Starting full system upgrade...
>>
>> warning: mesa: local (13.0.0rc2-2) is newer than extra (12.0.3-3.1)
>> warning: mesa-libgl: local (13.0.0rc2-2) is newer than extra (12.0.3-3.1)
>>
>> how do i remove old version and install new with pacman,
>> have tried pacman -R but had dependency problems.
> you should've mentioned that this is ArchLinux Arm
>
> and yes, they reverted those packages (at leat on armv6 for
> raspberrypi) I dunno why, don't even care
>
>
>
hi Damjan
i completely misunderstood the message, i thought i had had the earlier
version,
i also thought when it came to the packages versions arch and archlinux
arm were the same,
will remember this for future reference.
thanks
shadrock