I just took these for a spin.... allan@mugen /home/arch/code/pacman (epoch)
sudo ./src/pacman/pacman -Syu <snip>
Targets (24): blas-3.2.2-2 crafty-23.3-1 db-4.8.26-2 foomatic-db-4.0.5_20100816-1 foomatic-filters-4.0.5_20100816-1 foomatic-db-engine-4.0.5_20100816-1 ghostscript-9.00-1 gsfonts-1.0.7pre44-2 imagemagick-6.6.4.3-1 libffi-3.0.9-1 libimobiledevice-1.0.3-1 libraw1394-2.0.5-1 libshout-2.2.2-3 libvdpau-0.4-1 sqlite3-3.7.3-1 qt-4.7.0-3 rasqal-0.9.20-1 redland-1.0.11-1 soundconverter-1.5.3-4 tdb-1.2.1-2 ttf-liberation-1.06.0.20100721-1 vim-runtime-7.3.3-2 vim-7.3.3-2 vte-0.26.0-4 Total Download Size: 37.54 MB Total Installed Size: 264.40 MB ... allan@mugen /home/arch/code/pacman (epoch)
pacman -Syu <snip>
Targets (8): ghostscript-9.00-1 libimobiledevice-1.0.3-1 sqlite3-3.7.3-1 qt-4.7.0-3 rasqal-0.9.20-1 redland-1.0.11-1 soundconverter-1.5.3-4 vte-0.26.0-4 Total Download Size: 36.76 MB Total Installed Size: 159.49 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] A quick look at the extra packages using the epoch patches shows they all appear to have options=('force') and are the same version as already on my system. Allan