[arch-general] howto remove old package version

[niya levi]

On 13/11/16 00:48, niya levi wrote:
>
> 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
>
sorry my question should be about downgrading not removing,
should i leave the version as it is or should i downgrade,
nothing seems to be broken but not sure if it will cause problems in the
future or with other software.

shadrock