Hi, I think I found a bug in pacman. When a package remove operation can't be satisfied, pacman prints an error, describes what went wrong, and does nothing: $ sudo pacman -R linux-api-headers checking dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: glibc: removing linux-api-headers breaks dependency 'linux-api-headers>=4.10' This is obviously correct. When I try to --print a package remove operation that can't be satisfied, pacman prints an error, describes it, and does nothing, without printing the targets: $ pacman -Rp linux-api-headers error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: glibc: removing linux-api-headers breaks dependency 'linux-api-headers>=4.10' I can understand if this is correct behaviour as well, but at a glance it looks strange. When a package remove operation *can* be satisfied, but only with user confirmation (e.g. a HoldPkg was found in target list), pacman will print warnings and ask for user input before deciding whether or not to continue: $ sudo pacman -Rc linux-api-headers checking dependencies... <snip> warning: pacman is designated as a HoldPkg. warning: glibc is designated as a HoldPkg. :: HoldPkg was found in target list. Do you want to continue? [y/N] This is obviously correct. When I try to --print a package remove operation that *can* be satisfied, but only with user input, pacman prints a prompt for input but doesn't wait, and exits immediately, without even printing the warnings: $ pacman -Rcp linux-api-headers :: HoldPkg was found in target list. Do you want to continue? [y/N] This does not sound like correct behaviour to me.