FS#16776 - pacman/packages security updates only option

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Anonymous Submitter - Thursday, 22 October 2009, 08:38 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 22 October 2009, 09:35 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I run Archlinux on my Dell Mini 9 with an SSD drive. As much as I like how current Arch Linux always is, I'd prefer not to be performing package updates as often as I do on my desktop, to avoid wear on the SSD drive. Rather than installing updates just because there is a new version of a package out, I'd prefer to only be performing package updates due to security issues.

So, my feature request is as follows:

1) have some sort of flag associated with a package that indicates that the new version of the package exists because of a security update, or a security update as well as new features

2) have a command line option for pacman to only download security updates (and their associated package dependency update requirements)

Thanks,
Mark.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 09:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  We're a rolling release distribution without specific security updates for old packages.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 22 October 2009, 08:47 GMT
What if a package originally did not get updated for a security update but later an issues is found in the old version your system? Implementing that is almost impossible (as all the attempts at creating "Arch Stable" have shown).

If you want _only_ security updates, then Arch is not the distro for you.

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