2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 2686c00c..85d76151 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -459,6 +459,12 @@ int _alpm_pkg_splitname(char *target, char *name, char *version, int witharch)
 	if((p = _alpm_pkgname_has_arch(tmp))) {
 		*p = '\0';
 	}
+	if(witharch) {
+		/* trim architecture */
+		if((p = _alpm_pkgname_has_arch(tmp))) {
+			*p = 0;
+		}
+	}
 
 	p = tmp + strlen(tmp);
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index b7ebe6b4..52de2660 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, pmlist_t *dbs_sync,
 	local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, spkg->name);
 	if(local) {
 		cmp = _alpm_versioncmp(local->version, spkg->version);
-		if(cmp > 0) {
+		if(cmp > 0 && !spkg->force) {
 			/* local version is newer -- get confirmation before adding */
 			int resp = 0;
 			QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_LOCAL_NEWER, local, NULL, NULL, &resp);