Re: [arch-general] js60 update -- reveals older packages installed as deps not updated and left on system

On 17-05-19 18:23:00 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:

Further checking whether any of the old packages are required shows they are not, e.g.

$ pacman -Qdt ... js 24.2.0-4 js17 17.0.0-4 js52 52.9.0-2 ...

So is this just one of those circumstances where you have to manually check if packages are no longer needed by the system and uninstall manually? It's not a big deal, but more a curiosity to understand when this type thing can occur in the normal process of just calling pacman -Syu. Yes, pacman doesn't autoremove packages. It can be frustrating at times when a package can be removed due to a not so direct replacement. Here js52 does not replace js17 so I don't see how it can be removed.

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