ArchLinux ARM Archive not working as expected

[df8oe]

When I look at the urlmake_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, ' ', 'http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/', '', ' class="postlink"') I see two directories:
packages/
repo/

There is a tool in AURs called "downgrade". This is a very useful tool to roll back packages. "downgrade" uses packages/ subdirectory

I noticed that when I rol back wpa_supplicant I get only offered very old versions. By looking at the urls with a browser I see that in repo/ subdirectory there are more packages for wpa_supplicant than in packages/ subdirectory. Also it seems that in both directories there are real files, no symlinks. packages/ and repo/ differ so the tool "downgrade" does not offer all possibilities. It would be nice if both subdirectories carry identical versions. Maybe an automated process which symlinks packages from packages/ to repo/ would be the solution?

[InFerNo]

Does it not use/check your local package cache? I use a script to get the packages from the last pacman command, then do a rollback using that filelist by installing the older version, basically. Only in emergencies of course.

[graysky]

If you want to roll back all packages to a specific date, say 6/15/2024, edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and have the only uncommented line:

Server =make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, ' ', 'http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/repos/2024/06/16/$arch/$repo', '', ' class="postlink"')

If you want to cherrypick a single package, just download it manually.