diff --git a/sys-apps/pacman/Manifest b/sys-apps/pacman/Manifest
index 04ba5d562..c212942c3 100644
--- a/sys-apps/pacman/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/pacman/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST pacman-6.0.1.tar.xz 880036 BLAKE2B 907c39bb368beea037dcb4b32c56b04a86580123d23ddfe5a1d30ed53143a9b6204044d74040e5bcfe80061673d59597ad2e033525561d6b195a95a104203fa9 SHA512 d17b9aea9f8d51a5a02fc9faa8e36227c0edea73957cc8a8174a23a81ca42737ecfce630aa86008ab26daec584004b772cd2eb3527aeef9e098b445edaa21f6f
+DIST pacman-6.0.2.tar.xz 880868 BLAKE2B 648f62307e413cb352ed92e92df1ace510c1fc5e9ddd254baeef071e89cb7dae1786a95d29c5f69e8b03b1a8cfe3cd65671588dc362c8d3b281c092393aad54c SHA512 9d76fb58c3a50e89a4b92b1f9e3bfdecca3f69e05022ea88fbd34f9df540c4fc688ad4f8b27e77eedb791aa682c27037abe65c789c6d9ee393bae5b620c3df13
diff --git a/sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.2.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.1.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.2.ebuild
index 44b8d95ae..d43db6bae 100644
--- a/sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/pacman/pacman-6.0.2.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
-	sys-apps/pacman-mirrorlist
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	app-text/asciidoc
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
 		-Dbuildstatic=false
+		# fix #3299, see https://bugs.gentoo.org/878913; https://bugs.gentoo.org/878603
+		--localstatedir "${EPREFIX}/var"
 		# Help protect Gentoo users from shooting into their feet.
 		-Droot-dir="${EPREFIX}/var/chroot/archlinux"
 		# full doc with doxygen
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ src_configure() {
 	meson_src_configure
 }
 
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	keepdir /var/lib/pacman
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	/usr/bin/pacman-key --init || die
 	/usr/bin/pacman-key --populate archlinux || die