Pacman - install specific package versions

I'm coming off Gentoo and would like to know how pacman enables me to install a specific version of a package.  With gentoo, if I wanted to stick with a certain version I could mask versions I did not want to install.  Can I do the same thing with Arch?

@Jason: thanks for the tip, I hadn't thought of that tho I have used the pacman -U command to get yaourt.
SamC wrote:It may also be rolling release, but it seems less focused on having the latest versions. It's goal, not having used it, seems to be a base for building what you need and then leaving it as-is until you want to upgrade.
That's pretty accurate of the state of things if your on the stable branch of the portage tree (x86) (portage is similar to pacman, tho much more complex).  If your on unstable (~x86), the experience in regards to package updates is almost identical to Arch.
If you want the latest packages on Gentoo, and still want your system to be highly reliable, the best way of doing that is to use the unstable branch and masking the core packages you don't want to be automatically upgraded, so you can upgrade them when your ready.  Examples are parts of the build toolchain, X, kernel, etc.
Once you do that, just like with arch you can upgrade the entire system with one simple command "emerge -av world".  This looks very similar to using yaourt to install a package from AUR.
Last edited by I.M.O.G. (2009-10-17 00:12:34)

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