Can't downgrade linux kernel and linux headers -> Outsource URL redirect from pacman to downgrade?

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Can't downgrade linux kernel and linux headers -> Outsource URL redirect from pacman to downgrade?

Yves0 opened this issue 4 years ago · comments

I have to copy the url and download them with wget.

then I found that the urls were redirected

https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux-headers/linux-headers-5.5.10.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
->
https://ia601007.us.archive.org/19/items/archlinux_pkg_linux/linux-5.5.10.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Pat Brisbin · Answer 1 · Sun Mar 29 2020 20:32:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hmm, downgrade just calls pacman -U <url>. I wonder if it's a better feature request for pacman, to handle any redirects in -U (like curl -L)? Otherwise, downgrade would either need to make a (usually) unnecessary HTTP request to figure out the URL, or just take over ownership of downloading (with curl -L) and passing a file to pacman -U. Not terrible, but not ideal.

Atreya Shankar · Answer 2 · Tue Jun 02 2020 23:22:15 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Btw @pbrisbin, should we close this issue since this is more relevant to pacman?

Also, I would probably be a bit slower now on the open issues as I need to catch up with some work. Will push some updates whenever I can squeeze in some time.

Pat Brisbin · Answer 3 · Tue Jun 02 2020 23:51:29 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'm fine with closing this, but more because it's stale since the reporter hasn't responded. If it's more relevant to pacman or not is still an open question, IMO.