Install old program version with pacman

Hi,
I'm new to Arch, but not to Linux. (2 years Kubuntu, a bit of Debian and Gentoo)
I would like to use kaffeine 0.8.5, because in 0.8.6 somehow the option for changing the record format is missing.
My question is if I can install kaffeine 0.8.5 using pacman, and then use the IgnorePkg option in pacman.conf.
I know that I could download 0.8.5 from the homepage, but I would prefer pacman if it is possible.
Greeting, yodo

Thank you, I found an old kaffeine version here: http://ftp.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/ … a/os/i686/
Looks like this now:
johannes@omega:~$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronisiere Paketdatenbanken...
core ist aktuell
extra ist aktuell
community ist aktuell
kdemod ist aktuell
:: Starte komplette Systemaktualisierung...
Warnung: kaffeine: Ignoriere Paket-Aktualisierung (0.8.5-1 => 0.8.6-1)
Lokale Datenbank ist aktuell
johannes@omega:~$
It's german but I think you can guess what it means...
Is there no way to use this page as an repository and to isntall older versions by typing something like: "pacman -S oldpackages/kaffeine" ?
If I don't find a x.pkg.tar.gz file in the future, how do I create one for myself out of source?
Using "./configure", "make" and "make install" just installs, but you have to keep the directory for uninstalling. It is better to create a pkg.tar.gz, isn't it?
That would be similar to debs and Kubuntu... (it is better to use checkinstall there to create a deb, not "make install")
Using makepkg after "./configure" and "make" does not work, the PKGBUILD file is missing.
Last edited by yodo (2008-02-27 13:58:52)

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