Cachy-update completes with no problem and has the green check mark but when I open Shelly up, it says there are five flatpak updates available to update. I have also run “flatpak remote-ls --updates” in the terminal with no output I’m just wondering if this is a bug or am I not understanding some…

You can blacklist packages you don’t want to update in /etc/pacman.confin the line #IgnorePkg = (remove the # first), but doing so is by no means advisable on Arch / Cachy etc.; it should be viewed only as a last resort for dealing with broken updates. Pacman is not designed to handle partial upda…

Oh I see. Thanks! But for packages like LibreOffice or VLC, it should be okay to add them to the blacklist, right? I mean most likely there aren’t packages that are dependent on them.

At least with VLC, there are plugins that are used by the entire system. LibreOffice shouldn’t be a major issue, but other users here can likely give you better answers regarding that.

But for packages like LibreOffice or VLC, it should be okay to add them to the blacklist, right? Why not just uninstall them when you don’t need them? I did so with the vlc plugins , no problem so far. As @Dagrod correctly pointed out: you should not blindly add packages to the IgnorePkg list, th…

It’s not that I don’t need them. Sometimes I just like a particular version of an app, so I want to keep using that one.

[image] squishysam: Sometimes I just like a particular version of an app, so I want to keep using that one. Sorry, but that’s nonsense. Software versions aren’t cars or women …

“Sorry, but that’s nonsense. Software versions aren’t cars or women…” Dagrod, I don’t know why you’re judging me just because I like a particular version of an app. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe the devs made changes to an app that I didn’t like and I would prefer the previous iteration?

[image] squishysam: Dagrod, I don’t know why you’re judging me just because I like a particular version of an app. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe the devs made changes to an app that I didn’t like and I would prefer the previous iteration? I’m not judging you, but sticking indefinitel…

[image] squishysam: Sometimes I just like a particular version of an app, so I want to keep using that one. [image] squishysam: It’s not that I don’t need them. Sometimes I just like a particular version of an app, so I want to keep using that one. I do understand this sentiment. Back …

[image] Dirge: IgnorePkg should be an emergency measure absolutely

Shelly shows update even after cachy-update is complete

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Wise words.

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