[Solved] Updating everything except the Linux kernel

Hello,
Since a few weeks, wicd has problems with recent versions of kernel on my computer. Is there a way to update everything except the linux package?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Marin M. (2012-05-02 14:20:52)

You can hold any package from updating by uncommenting the IgnorePkg option on your pacman.conf and listing said package(s) there.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … g_upgraded

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    Last edited by gmhafiz (2009-01-20 11:19:29)

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    Last edited by biagio (2009-01-20 11:03:28)

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