{
  "id": "package-mirror-guide",
  "title": "Package Mirror and Version Management — vulcan",
  "body": "vulcan uses the Axiom Works internal package mirror for reproducibility.\n\nMirror config\nThe mirror is configured in /etc/pacman.conf using the Server= line in the relevant repository section.\n\nRolling back a package\nIdentify the broken version with: pacman -Q <pkg>\nDownload the prior version from https://archive.archlinux.org/.\nIf external access is unavailable, use the mirror cache instead of improvising.\nInstall the older package with: sudo pacman -U /path/to/pkg.tar.zst\n\nPinning a package\nEdit /etc/pacman.conf\nAdd the line: IgnorePkg = <package>\nVerify with: pacman -Syu\nExpected behavior: pacman should report skipping the package due to IgnorePkg.\n\nChecking current installed version versus repository\nRepository version: pacman -Si <pkg>\nInstalled version: pacman -Q <pkg>\n\nIf axiomworks-app breaks after an update, check whether the app vendor pinned a dependency version. The most common cause is a library ABI change."
}