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FS#37353 - Add --no-ignore option

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by x33a (x33a) - Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 05:11 GMT
Last edited by morganamilo (morganamilo) - Tuesday, 05 October 2021, 20:17 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.1.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:

I have several important packages added to IgnorePkg in pacman.conf. This way I know when updates are available for those particular packages and I can check their changelogs online and decide whether to update them or not.

Most of the times, I do decide to update *all* the packages, and to do so, I usually comment out the IgnorePkg line before updating and then uncomment it later.

Or, I pass the package names individually to pacman, to override the IgnorePkg option.

So, a --no-ignore option would be great for the times when one decides to update all the packages present in the IgnorePkg option.
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Closed by  morganamilo (morganamilo)
Tuesday, 05 October 2021, 20:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Karol Błażewicz (karol) - Thursday, 17 October 2013, 17:38 GMT
You can also use a different config, w/o the ignored packages.
Comment by x33a (x33a) - Thursday, 17 October 2013, 17:54 GMT
That's a nice workaround! But, a switch would be a cleaner solution.
Comment by Michael Schupikov (Sucellus) - Sunday, 06 April 2014, 23:47 GMT
From my perspective, a --noignore option doesn't make any sense.
Pacman informs the user already if a package upgrade was omitted due to an entry in IgnorePkg or IgnoreGroup.
After that, one can check the corresponding changelogs and announcements, invoke pacman with 'pacman -S <ignored_package>', get a confirmation promt and install the package anyway.
Neither additional command line options nor alternative configuration files are needed.

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