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Do not update single packages on Archlinux, but (beehaw.org)
submitted 4 days ago by thingsiplay@beehaw.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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On Archlinux it is not recommended to update only one package with the package manager pacman. Let's say I have 11 packages, and one of them is extra/firefox (true story). Updating only a pacman -S firefox could introduce problems, but installing a new single package if it wasn't there is okay.

So my question is, could we get around this by removing and installing the same package again in one go: pacman -Rs firefox && pacman -S firefox

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

If a package manager can block an upgrade due to version dependencies, it can also pull in those dependencies for a partial upgrade.

[-] chakli@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

If a function is removed from libssl and it’s used in firefox, firefox build would fail, so it’s still not possible to have a functional setup.

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