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I am aware that Arch and derived distros recommend always keeping the system up to date, however I have chosen not to do this. I update occasionally, mostly if there is actually a problem I need to fix, and usually I update only the relevant packages, not all. That said, there are a handful of packages that I do want to stay up to date with.
I am using Manjaro, with Cinnamon as my DE. I constantly get the update notification about hundreds of updates, most of which I don't care about. pacman -Syu also results in a long list littered with irrelevant updates. I'd like to have a whitelist system: The update notifier should only tell me about updates to packages I've specifically marked as interesting. I should also be able to run a pacman command that will only update the packages on my whitelist, and their dependencies (but not notify me about dependency updates).
How can I do this?
upgrade manjaro
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I am aware that Arch and derived distros recommend always keeping the system up to date, however I have chosen not to do this. I update occasionally, mostly if there is actually a problem I need to fix, and usually I update only the relevant packages, not all. That said, there are a handful of packages that I do want to stay up to date with.
I am using Manjaro, with Cinnamon as my DE. I constantly get the update notification about hundreds of updates, most of which I don't care about. pacman -Syu also results in a long list littered with irrelevant updates. I'd like to have a whitelist system: The update notifier should only tell me about updates to packages I've specifically marked as interesting. I should also be able to run a pacman command that will only update the packages on my whitelist, and their dependencies (but not notify me about dependency updates).
How can I do this?
upgrade manjaro
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
118110
Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
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@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
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Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to runpacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55
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I am aware that Arch and derived distros recommend always keeping the system up to date, however I have chosen not to do this. I update occasionally, mostly if there is actually a problem I need to fix, and usually I update only the relevant packages, not all. That said, there are a handful of packages that I do want to stay up to date with.
I am using Manjaro, with Cinnamon as my DE. I constantly get the update notification about hundreds of updates, most of which I don't care about. pacman -Syu also results in a long list littered with irrelevant updates. I'd like to have a whitelist system: The update notifier should only tell me about updates to packages I've specifically marked as interesting. I should also be able to run a pacman command that will only update the packages on my whitelist, and their dependencies (but not notify me about dependency updates).
How can I do this?
upgrade manjaro
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
118110
I am aware that Arch and derived distros recommend always keeping the system up to date, however I have chosen not to do this. I update occasionally, mostly if there is actually a problem I need to fix, and usually I update only the relevant packages, not all. That said, there are a handful of packages that I do want to stay up to date with.
I am using Manjaro, with Cinnamon as my DE. I constantly get the update notification about hundreds of updates, most of which I don't care about. pacman -Syu also results in a long list littered with irrelevant updates. I'd like to have a whitelist system: The update notifier should only tell me about updates to packages I've specifically marked as interesting. I should also be able to run a pacman command that will only update the packages on my whitelist, and their dependencies (but not notify me about dependency updates).
How can I do this?
upgrade manjaro
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
118110
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
118110
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
118110
asked Jun 21 at 21:16
Bagalaw
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Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
1
@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
1
Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to runpacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55
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Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
1
@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
1
Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to runpacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55
Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
1
1
@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
1
1
Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to run
pacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to run
pacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55
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You can't. This is not just a bad idea, it is antithetical to the way pacman works.
There are some corner cases where pacman will ignore specific packages (and you can use globbing to extend that), but to invert that concept and try to ignore the majority of packages would quickly result in two issues:
pacman would complain about dependency resolution problems during a partial upgrade and would be unable to complete the transaction. This would force you to re-edit your
pacman.confto make allowances--essentially turning package management into a manual task.You would do a partial upgrade which would result in library incompatabilites and things would break.
The use case you describe is not suited at all to a rolling release. If you want this sort of approach, choose a distribution like Debian or Ubuntu LTS.
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You can't. This is not just a bad idea, it is antithetical to the way pacman works.
There are some corner cases where pacman will ignore specific packages (and you can use globbing to extend that), but to invert that concept and try to ignore the majority of packages would quickly result in two issues:
pacman would complain about dependency resolution problems during a partial upgrade and would be unable to complete the transaction. This would force you to re-edit your
pacman.confto make allowances--essentially turning package management into a manual task.You would do a partial upgrade which would result in library incompatabilites and things would break.
The use case you describe is not suited at all to a rolling release. If you want this sort of approach, choose a distribution like Debian or Ubuntu LTS.
answered Jun 22 at 19:31
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You can't. This is not just a bad idea, it is antithetical to the way pacman works.
There are some corner cases where pacman will ignore specific packages (and you can use globbing to extend that), but to invert that concept and try to ignore the majority of packages would quickly result in two issues:
pacman would complain about dependency resolution problems during a partial upgrade and would be unable to complete the transaction. This would force you to re-edit your
pacman.confto make allowances--essentially turning package management into a manual task.You would do a partial upgrade which would result in library incompatabilites and things would break.
The use case you describe is not suited at all to a rolling release. If you want this sort of approach, choose a distribution like Debian or Ubuntu LTS.
answered Jun 22 at 19:31
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You can't. This is not just a bad idea, it is antithetical to the way pacman works.
There are some corner cases where pacman will ignore specific packages (and you can use globbing to extend that), but to invert that concept and try to ignore the majority of packages would quickly result in two issues:
pacman would complain about dependency resolution problems during a partial upgrade and would be unable to complete the transaction. This would force you to re-edit your
pacman.confto make allowances--essentially turning package management into a manual task.You would do a partial upgrade which would result in library incompatabilites and things would break.
The use case you describe is not suited at all to a rolling release. If you want this sort of approach, choose a distribution like Debian or Ubuntu LTS.
answered Jun 22 at 19:31
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You can't. This is not just a bad idea, it is antithetical to the way pacman works.
There are some corner cases where pacman will ignore specific packages (and you can use globbing to extend that), but to invert that concept and try to ignore the majority of packages would quickly result in two issues:
pacman would complain about dependency resolution problems during a partial upgrade and would be unable to complete the transaction. This would force you to re-edit your
pacman.confto make allowances--essentially turning package management into a manual task.You would do a partial upgrade which would result in library incompatabilites and things would break.
The use case you describe is not suited at all to a rolling release. If you want this sort of approach, choose a distribution like Debian or Ubuntu LTS.
answered Jun 22 at 19:31
jasonwryan
46.4k14125174
answered Jun 22 at 19:31
jasonwryan
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answered Jun 22 at 19:31
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answered Jun 22 at 19:31
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Alternatively, you could comment out any active repositories in your package manager configuration; that way it won't see any updates and will always think you're up do date.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:13
1
@DopeGhoti so, that would include security updates. It is perhaps not the smartest suggestion.
– jasonwryan
Jun 21 at 22:22
1
Neither is letting hundreds of updates accumulate in the first place.
– DopeGhoti
Jun 21 at 22:24
@DopeGhoti Won't that prevent me from installing new software? Also, if it's not obvious, I do want to have the option of being able to run
pacman -Syu, I just want a partial version of this command.– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:54
As for the updates accumulating, I get literally 100+ after a week, and since updating has a risk of breaking the system and requiring hours to fix, believe it or not I don't have the opportunity to update immediately every time I see the notification.
– Bagalaw
Jun 22 at 18:55