[arch-general] Can I prevent Pacman from running hooks?

[Doug Newgard]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:44:37 -0500
Doug Newgard via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 18:41:45 +0200
> Tobias Hunger via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 5:15 PM Doug Newgard via arch-general
> > <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:  
> > > On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:12:11 +0200
> > > Tobias Hunger via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > >    
> > > > It would suffice to run all hooks in the leaves of the tree of systems
> > > > (just before writing the actual HDD image files) and skip them for all
> > > > others.    
> > >
> > > Again, no, it wouldn't. The hooks would not run correctly.    
> > 
> > What makes you say so?
> > 
> > I see nothing in the alpm-hooks man page that implies that this would not work.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Tobias  
> 
> Because, as I said earlier, hooks can and do take into account the specific
> files being installed. If you install one package that needs a specific hook,
> running that hook later will have the correct file list and will not run
> correctly.

That should read "will not have the correct file list"