[arch-general] howto remove old package version

[Eli Schwartz]

On 11/12/2016 07:56 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:43:14 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote:
>> On 11/12/2016 02:59 PM, Damjan Georgievski via arch-general 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
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> That is why the epoch was created, why on earth aren't they using it?
> 
> Yes, if the upgrade should do it automatically.

That is the implication if ArchLinux ARM published a package update and
then "reverted" it.

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Eli Schwartz