David C. Rankin wrote:

Guys,

I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I thought the upgrade "Targets" were sorted alphabetically by name prior to the pacman upgrade a month or two ago. Now, it looks like they are listed either by repository, then alphabetized or some other logic that ends up -- almost alphabetized. Specifically:

Targets (35): bluez-4.93-1 run-parts-3.4.4-1 ca-certificates-20110421-3 dcron-4.5-2 libzip-0.10-1 ebook-tools-0.2.1-2 eina-svn- 58920-1 eet-svn-58955-1 evas-svn-58958-1 ecore-svn-58945-1 e_dbus-svn-58954-1 embryo-svn-58829-1 edje-svn-58887-1 pciutils-3.1.7-4 udev-167-2 eeze-svn-58668-1 efreet- svn-58672-1 e-svn-58940-1 gutenprint-5.2.7-1 hdf5-1.8.6-1 libidn-1.21-1 libxcb-1.7-2 networkmanager-0.8.999-1 openssh- 5.8p2-1 python2-cairo-1.10.0-1 python2-distribute-0.6.16-1 qt-4.7.3-1 rp-pppoe-3.10-6 sudo-1.8.1.p1-1 telepathy- qt4-0.5.16-1 zziplib-0.13.60-1 texlive-bin-2010.1-8 texlive- core-2010.22154-1 udev-compat-167-2 usbutils-002-2

bluez -> run-parts -> ca-certificates??

In the past, I would scan the list to make sure there were no updates that I didn't want or that I needed to put off due to bugs or what not. Now I've been bitten a time or two by searching through long Target lists and confirming there were no unwanted updates only to find out that an unwanted update was alphabetized higher-up or lower in the target list.

Has the target list always sorted by repo, then by name --or-- was the list fully sorted by name earlier? If so, is it easy to change?

In short lists, it's not really a big deal, but when you have over 100 targets, having them sorted by name really helps. What say the pacman gurus?

It looks to me your list is alphabetically sorted. Did you take dependencies into account? ---- Greg

2011/5/4 David C. Rankin :

bluez -> run-parts -> ca-certificates??

Targets *are* sorted alphabetically, and upgraded in that order, but there are exceptions, namely dependencies, which then appear before the package that depends on them and are upgraded before it, in case it needs the dependency at update time. C