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FS#59908 - Allow ignoring backup files on reinstall

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by morganamilo (morganamilo) - Sunday, 02 September 2018, 12:12 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 02 September 2018, 13:02 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Backend/Core
Status Unconfirmed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 5.1.1
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:

Some times I wish to restore a package to the original configuration.

Currently the only way to do this is either delete the config files and reinstall or remove then install the package.

For example:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh{,d}_config && pacman -S openssh
or
pacman -R [--nosave] openssh && pacman -S openssh

Instead it would be easier to just be able to do:
pacman -S --nosave openssh
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