Downgrade

Eases downgrading packages in Arch Linux.

Installation

Install via the AUR.

Usage

Usage: downgrade [option...] <pkg> [pkg...] [-- pacman_option...]

Options:
  --pacman        <command>
                  pacman command to use, defaults to "pacman"
  --pacman-conf   <path>
                  pacman configuration file, defaults to "/etc/pacman.conf"
  --pacman-cache  <path>
                  pacman cache directory,
                  default value(s) taken from pacman configuration file,
                  or otherwise defaults to "/var/cache/pacman/pkg"
  --pacman-log    <path>
                  pacman log file,
                  default value taken from pacman configuration file,
                  or otherwise defaults to "/var/log/pacman.log"
  --maxdepth      <integer>
                  maximum depth to search for cached packages, defaults to 1
  --ala-url       <url>
                  location of ALA server, defaults to "https://archive.archlinux.org"
  --ala-only      only use ALA server
  --cached-only   only use cached packages
  --ignore        <prompt|always|never>
                  whether to add packages to IgnorePkg
  --latest        pick latest matching version
  --oldest        pick oldest matching version
  --prefer-cache  do not query ala if a matching package was found in cache
  --version       show downgrade version
  -h, --help      show help script

Note:
  Options after the -- characters will be treated as pacman options.
  See downgrade(8) for details.

Downgrade packages checking both local cache and the A.L.A., which is the default behavior:

# downgrade foo bar

Downgrade packages, specifying multiple cache directories:

# downgrade --pacman-cache /path/to/cache --pacman-cache /path/to/other/cache foo bar

Downgrade a package with any of the following version-filtering operators =, ==, =~, <=, >=, < and >:

# downgrade 'foo=1.0.0-1' 'bar>=1.2.1-1' 'baz=~^1.2'

Downgrade a package, looking in only local cache:

# downgrade --cached-only foo

Downgrade a package, looking in only the A.L.A.:

# downgrade --ala-only foo

Noninteractively downgrade foo to 1.0.0-1

# downgrade --latest --prefer-cache --ignore never 'foo=1.0.0-1'

Configuration

Command-line options can be set persistently in /etc/xdg/downgrade/downgrade.conf.

Development & Testing

Install cram: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cram/

make test

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