[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/3] alpm: add ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NOKEEP

[Allan McRae]

On 21/9/21 05:35, morganamilo wrote:
> this flag prevents backup files from being kept on package installation.
> This is useful for resetting a package's config files back to their
> original state.
> 
> Implements FS#59908 although with it's own flag name instead of reusing
> nosave. This allows nokeep to optionally create a pacnew that you can
> then choose to disable by also setting nosave.
> 
> ---
> 
> I actually very dislike NOKEEP but it was the best I could come up with
> 
> I would have prefered overwrite or nosave but they are taken. Better
> names are welcome.

Do we really need a flag for this.

rm <backup file>
pacman -S <package>

or even

pacman -Sw package
tar xf <pkg> <file>

Allan