On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 02:00:24PM +0200, Nagy Gabor wrote:
+1 on making -g work both for -S and -R.
However, why don't we do the following for backwards compatability: 1. pacman -S grppkg: look for a package named grppkg, then group 2. pacman -Sg grppkg: look for a group named grppkg (and ignore a package if there is one) 3. pacman -R grppkg: only remove a package named grppkg (I don't think group removal is used enough to warrant keeping backwards compat) 4. pacman -Rg grppkg: remove a group named grppkg IMHO that would be a bit confusing. And differentiate between group and package install would help to keep the code clean.
Which part exactly is confusing?
This gives us a small issue when it comes to the current behavior of -Sg, however, that I have yet to figure out. Anyone know a good way to somehow keep the ability to list the contents of current groups and implement the above? Patches welcome. :)
-Sig and -Sigg?
I wonder if I don't prefer Romashka's proposal. -Slg could list all groups, and -Slg grp could list the contents of the grp group.