Have Pamac perform AUR updates only for packages already installed from AUR

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@fasto

Correct me if I am wrong, but it should not be too difficult for Pamac to run an additional check on AUR updates to make sure they do not conflict with existing packages in the repositories, and will make things a lot smoother for all Pamac users of the AUR.

I have run into situations when a package has been removed from the Manjaro Repository but exists in the AUR. So now my update sequence goes like this:

1. Read the Stable Update Announcements and review the Known issues and solutions, and the detailed list of all package changes.^* I also review the archlinux news.

2. List orphan and foreign packages (pamac list -o; pamac list -m)

alias pacmo=': "AUR and Orphan packages";echo "= AUR Foreign =";pamac list -m|column -t|tee /dev/tty|wc -l;echo "= Orphan =";pamac list -o|column -t|tee /dev/tty|wc -l'

3. Check the mirrors using pacman-mirrors

4. Update system using pacman

   • DIFFPROG=meld pacdiff
   • Review pacman output
   • Reboot
   • Review journalctl -b -p3

5. Re-run step 2

6. Remove packages and/or find replacements for packages that are no longer in the Manjaro repository but reside in the AUR, or decide to continue using the package from the AUR (i.e., quiterss, simplescreenrecorder, dbus-x11, ceph-libs, etc, etc)

7. Update AUR packages using pamac

If I were using pamac, GUI or CLI, I’d turn off AUR, and only explicitly specify the option to use the AUR.

man pamac.conf

EnableAUR
Allow Pamac to search and install packages from AUR.