rage311 / pacman_package_pinning

A script and pacman hook to pin packages to specified versions

Place the "package_pinning.hook" file in your pacman hooks directory:

/etc/pacman.d/hooks/package_pinning.hook

Edit the package_pinning.hook file lines:

Target = your-package-target # e.g. linux-zen
Exec = /path/to/pacman_package_pinning_hook.pl --package "your-package" --repo "your-package's-repo" --pin "your-pin-specifier-(see-below)"

Options for the pin argument:

"minor": pins package to currently installed minor version. e.g. "minor"

"major": pins package to currently installed major version. e.g. "major"

^: pins to specified MAJOR version. e.g. ^6.7.8 will pin to 6.X.Y

~: pins to specified MAJOR.MINOR version. e.g. ~6.7.8 will pin to 6.7.X

=: pins to exact specified MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH version. e.g. =6.7.8 will pin it to 6.7.8

<: pins to a version less than specified MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH version. e.g. <6.7.8 will pin it from 0.0.0 up to 6.7.7